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Meaning of genre-bending | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The subversion of tropes associated with a particular artistic genre or the synthesis of multiple genres.

uncountable

Examples

“2005, October 7. "Internet the source for the scores", Chicago Tribune. "For "Corpse Bride", the idiosyncratic composer has drawn on his affinity for musical genre-bending."”
“"After Attridge has convincingly established the fact of "genre bending" in John's text, he sensibly asks the question why it is there."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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