genre-bender en · NOUN
Etymology
From genre + bender, on the pattern of gender bender.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A work of fiction characterized by subversion of generic tropes or fusion of disparate genres.
Among the fest’s highlights this year were Babak Anvari’s Hallow Road, an inventive genre-bender that begins as a road thriller before slyly morphing into something else entirely.
2025 March 17, Meagan Navarro, “SXSW 2025 Review Roundup: Gravedigging Comedy ‘Dead Lover’ to Teen Body Horror Satire ‘Slanted’”, in Bloody Disgusting: