subgenre

plural subgenres · alternative sub-genre

1. One of several categories within a particular genre.

   Black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that typically takes on anti-Christian, satanic and pagan themes.

   2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, in CNN

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   You have to give director Colm McCarthy, a Scottish TV veteran making his feature film debut, and writer Mike Carey, adapting his own novel, credit for attempting the seemingly impossible task of doing something new with the zombie subgenre.

   2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2017