"genre-bending" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more genre-bending [comparative], most genre-bending [superlative]
Etymology: From genre + bending. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|genre|bending}} genre + bending Head templates: {{en-adj}} genre-bending (comparative more genre-bending, superlative most genre-bending)
  1. Characterized by subversion of generic tropes or fusion of disparate genres.
    Sense id: en-genre-bending-en-adj-1kiTE2lk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37

Noun

Etymology: From genre + bending. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|genre|bending}} genre + bending Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} genre-bending (uncountable)
  1. The subversion of tropes associated with a particular artistic genre or the synthesis of multiple genres. Tags: uncountable
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