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Word: Noir
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1950s: from film noir
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
nwɑː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity
Short Definition:genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism
Examples:- his film proved that a Brit could do noir as darkly as any American
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