Comedy or drama, e.g (5)

I believe the answer is:

genre

(Other definitions for genre that I've seen before include "Literary type, species" , "expressive style of music" , "Artistic or literary category" , "Literary or artistic type or style" , "Style of work" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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