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Meaning of "genre-busting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GENRE-BUSTING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENRE-BUSTING

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adjective
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conjunction
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Genre-Busting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GENRE-BUSTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Genre-busting

"Genre-busting" is a term used occasionally in reviews of written work, music and visual art and refers to the author or artist's ability to cross over two or more established styles. For instance, in writing, to combine the horror genre with a western or hard-boiled detective story with science fiction. In music the term may refer to a song combining styles or defying classification. The sound of the term calls to mind other uses of "buster" such as "crime buster", "Gangbusters", "Ghostbusters", "Dambusters", etc. Creative people don't always feel comfortable working within an established category. So genre-busting within the publishing world has become a type of literary fiction. The publisher Atticus Books has gone so far as to declare, on their website: "We specialize in genre-busting literary fiction—i.e., titles that fall between the cracks of genre fiction and compelling narratives that feature memorable main characters." The Video Movie Guide 1998 stated in its foreword, "In past years, reviews in VMG have been broken down into genre categories. Now, by popular demand, we are listing all movies together in alphabetical order....

Definition of genre-busting in the English dictionary

The definition of genre-busting in the dictionary is not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENRE-BUSTING

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Genova
Genovese
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genteel
genteelise
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genteelly

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENRE-BUSTING

accounting
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disgusting
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existing
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interesting
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Synonyms and antonyms of genre-busting in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «genre-busting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENRE-BUSTING

Find out the translation of genre-busting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of genre-busting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «genre-busting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流派克星
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

género -que revienta
570 millions of speakers

English

genre-busting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शैली को ख़त्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خرق النوع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жанр перебора
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rebentando gênero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রীতি-কীট ধ্বংস দিবসে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

genre de casse-
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Genre-busting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Genre -spreng
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジャンルを崩し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장르 파열
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Genre-busting
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thể loại - Busting
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இசைத் தரப்பினரையும் கவரும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शैली-पर्दाफाश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tarz bozma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

-genere busting
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gatunek krach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жанр перебору
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- busting gen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

είδος - busting
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

genre -breker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

genre - busting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

genre - busting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of genre-busting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENRE-BUSTING»

The term «genre-busting» is normally little used and occupies the 137.527 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENRE-BUSTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about genre-busting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENRE-BUSTING»

Discover the use of genre-busting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to genre-busting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Class and Culture in Crime Fiction: Essays on Works in ...
... of neoliberalism—a systemic modern crime against working-class. Genre- Busting: Race. and. Working. Classes. in. American. Crime. Fiction. The Class Basis of English Detective Fiction. 8 INTRODUCTION: CLASS, CULTURE AND CRIME.
Julie H. Kim, 2014
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Religion without Belief: Contemporary Allegory and the ...
... of myth layers the text further” (1992, 123). Indeed, Almanac combines police drama with revolutionary saga with mythic quest with melodrama with magical realism with historical epic with ancient Mayan almanac. With its genre-busting, ...
Jean Ellen Petrolle
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: An Utterly Complete, ...
In the usual Python genre-busting way, elements of American gangster films and pulp fiction novels also occupy this sketch, as will recognizable nods to Ian Ill Fleming 5 James Bond” novels and films. "Flemish . . . Schools”—("Art Gallery”) ...
Darl Larsen, 2008
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Pop Music, Pop Culture
Genre-busting music, like punk and rap, generally emerges at the periphery of the field: that is, in settings and subcultures situated beyond the industrial business framework of the 'Big Four'. Indies have competitive advantage in responding to ...
Chris Rojek, 2011
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Highway 61 Revisited : The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, ...
Beginning in the late 1980s, postmodernism seemed to proliferate, become everybody's style de jour, and critics routinely tacked phrases like “genre-busting” on to every artistic nitwit who managed to staple bits of one musical genre to ...
Gene Santoro, 2004
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The Complete Action Stories
Conan was genre-busting, and while some may consider REH's "The Shadow Kingdom" as the first true sword-and-sorcery story, it was the Conan stories that changed the literary world. While REH may have experimented with Kull, he hit his ...
Robert E. Howard, Paul Herman, 2004
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Affect, Creative Experience, and Psychological Adjustment
This suggests a related phenomenon of genre-busting. When the world is seen in a new way, however briefly, when the rules of a cognitive or perceptual frame, including those of an existing artistic style or genre, are broken, this can imply a ...
Sandra Walker Russ, 1999
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Film and Television Scores, 1950-1979: A Critical Survey by ...
... exotic, percussive “Voodoo Man,” mysterious “The Guilty Men,” two-bass spotlight “The Purple Room,” Latin- tinged “Twisted Image,” the sax-less swinger “Worse Than Murder” and genre- busting “Finger of Fear.” The Sicilian-born composer ...
Kristopher Spencer, 2008
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Nobody Cages Me
Let's take a look at some of Jimi's genre-busting music in more detail: Jimi's Genre-Busting Music Are you Experienced? When Jimi's first album with The Experience came out, Are You Experienced? in 1967, it was unlike any album before it.
Corey Washington, 2010
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Stir It Up : Musical Mixes from Roots to Jazz: Musical Mixes ...
Like its namesake, Curlew feeds on whatever seems handy. What comes out of its scavenging is quite unlike anything else, though critics have inevitably hung labels like "art-rock" and "fusion" and "genre-busting" on it. Labels can't be helped, ...
Gene Santoro, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENRE-BUSTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term genre-busting is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Few Years Ago Jonathan Groff Was Stage-Dooring Sutton Foster …
... Groff did a Clint Eastwood movie, shot the final season of HBO's "Looking" and joined the cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda's genre-busting juggernaut Hamilton. «Playbill.com, Jul 15»
2
FANDOM ON FIRE: THE HUNGER GAMES WINS “FANDOM OF …
The 2015 “MTV Fandom Awards” closed with an energetic set from genre-busting music superstar Flo Rida, who was introduced by Mel B. Flo ... «Multichannel News, Jul 15»
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The Last Alaskans All-Day Marathon Leads Up to Finale on Sunday …
“The Last Alaskans is a genre-busting game changer for Animal Planet,” says Rick Holzman, general manager and executive vice president of ... «Monsters and Critics.com, Jul 15»
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Animal Planet renews 'The Last Alaskans'
“The Last Alaskans' is a genre-busting game changer for Animal Planet,” Rick Holzman, general manager and executive vice president of ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
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Richie Havens collaborator Marc Berger to perform Thursday at …
"It's going to be a genre-busting record," Berger added. "It's going to rock its ass of in some places." Marc Berger, backed by Rich DePaolo and ... «Thehour.com, Jul 15»
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Animal Planet Renews Original Docuseries THE ALASKANS for …
"THE LAST ALASKANS is a genre-busting game changer for ANIMAL Planet," says Rick Holzman, general manager and executive vice ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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THE LAST ALASKANS: 'Genre-Busting' Docuseries Renewed for …
THE LAST ALASKANS is a genre-busting game changer for Animal Planet. We're thrilled to continue documenting the lives of these ... «TVRuckus, Jul 15»
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TV Ratings: 'Bachelorette' Wins Another Monday
Animal Planet general manager and executive vp Rick Holzman said: “The Last Alaskans is a genre-busting game changer for Animal Planet. «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
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Celebrating the odds
to the meandering 'The Blacker The Berry', Lamar heads into different music directions in each genre-busting song. The album's highlight ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Romance, GARTH ENNIS Style With A TRAIN CALLED LOVE
Over the years, Dynamite Entertainment has been the proud home to numerous Garth Ennis projects, including the superhero genre-busting ... «Newsarama, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Genre-Busting [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/genre-busting>. May 2024 ».
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