Genrefication
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Shelving of library books or similar works based on genre. uncountable
"Genrefication is pretty great. It allows users to find books they're interested in much more easily."
- 2 Softening of boundaries between literary fiction and genre fiction. uncountable
"For reasons that aren’t fully explicable (Netflix? Tumblr? Kindles? Postmodernism?), it’s no longer taken for granted that important novels must be, in some sense, above, beyond, or “meta” about their genre. A process of genrefication is occurring."
Example
More examples"Genrefication is pretty great. It allows users to find books they're interested in much more easily."
Etymology
From genre + -fication. In the sense of softening boundaries, coined by Joshua Rothman in 2014.
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