Genre and Situation

Genre

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

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

Situation noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Genre and situation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Genre" instead a noun "Situation".

Nearby Words: situate, situated, situating

exact	exact genre	exact situation
particular	particular genre	particular situation
similar	similar genre	similar situation
usual	usual genre	usual situation
Other adjectives: common, specific, right, certain, true, romantic, actual, entire, serious, new, unique, given, possible, latter, different.

Many comedy writers, however, define juxtaposition as "two completely unrelated things being put together, just to see what could happen." A Juxtaposition Gag is when a character or object is placed in a normally unrelated situation or genre for the sake of a joke.

Source: Juxtaposition Gag
Joe Hill's short story Best New Horror involves an editor who slowly realizes that he's wound up in a situation that conforms to horror genre specifications.

Source: Genre Savvy / Literature
This situation will progress differently depending on the genre of the series, and the status of the characters.

Source: Dude, She's Like, in a Coma!

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