microgenre

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noun

A hyper-specific or niche genre.

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Meanings

nounmicrogenre (plural microgenres)

plural microgenres

  1. artA hyper-specific or niche genre.

    This looked incredibly cool, and borrowed visually from video games and from the YouTube microgenre of shopping-cart crashes.

    2007 August 29, Virginia Heffernan, “For MySpace Viewers, a Terra Incognita With No Cellphones or Internet”, in New York Times

Origin

From micro- + genre.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

microgenre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microgenre

MLA

“microgenre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microgenre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microgenre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microgenre.

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