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Genre. Genre is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or entertainment, e.g. music, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones are discontinued.rinceton's WordNet (1.33 / 3 votes) Rate this definition: genre (noun). a kind of literary or artistic work. writing style, literary genre, genre (noun). a style of expressing yourself in writing. music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style (noun).