genre
category of creative works based on stylistic, thematic or technical criteria
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Summary
genre is a metaclass[1]. genre ranks in the top 3% of metaclass entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,769 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: type of classification[3]
- Subclass of: category[4]
- Commons category: Genre[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Genres[6]
- Described by source: Literary Encyclopedia 1929—1939[7], Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction[8]
- Used by: by genre[9]
- Has characteristic: type of genre[10], subgenre[11]
- Main Wikidata property: P136[12]
- Native label: genre[13]
- Different from: subgenre[14], art style[15], artistic technique[16], book form[17]
- Properties for this type: P921[18], P136[19]
- Has list: list of genres[20]
- Exact match: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/genre/[21], https://schema.org/genre[22], http://purl.org/ontology/po/Genre[23]
- Is metaclass for: creative work[24]
Why It Matters
genre has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] genre is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]