Genre and Lineage

Genre

Genre noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Lineage and genre are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lineage" instead a noun "Genre".

Lineage noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Genre and lineage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Genre" instead a noun "Lineage".

Nearby Word: line

old	old genre	old lineage
certain	certain genre	certain lineage
original	original genre	original lineage
true	true genre	true lineage
Other adjectives: proper, entire, famous, possible, different, magical.

The lineage of the genre can be traced to Haunted House for the Atari 2600.

Source: Older Than They Think / Video Games
Rearrange the Song/Sampling: The songs on Celestite are based on/inspired by tracks on Celestial Lineage, only tremendously overhauled and performed in a completely different genre.

Source: Music / Wolves in the Throne Room
Often regarded as the first true First-Person Shooter; although very primitive entries in the genre had been available since 1973, it's the Trope Codifier, and pretty much any modern FPS traces its gameplay lineage back to it.

Source: Video Game / Wolfenstein 3D

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