genre-bending

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The subversion of tropes associated with a particular artistic genre or the synthesis of multiple genres.
adj
  1. Characterized by subversion of generic tropes or fusion of disparate genres.

Word forms

genre-bending more genre-bending most genre-bending

Etymology

From genre + bending, on the pattern of genderbending.

Related words

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