Metagenre

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A genre made up of other genres.

    "While it can be considered a metagenre, world music is really more of a marketing category."

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"While it can be considered a metagenre, world music is really more of a marketing category."

Etymology

From meta- + genre.

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