#category a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
supertype: concept__conception__construct an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
subtype: kind__sort__form__variety a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
subtype: description.kind sort or variety; "every description of book was there"
subtype: type a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
subtype: nature.type a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"
subtype: variant__variation something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"
subtype: antitype an opposite or contrasting type
subtype: art_form__artform a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
subtype: architectural_style__architecturalstyle__style_of_architecture__type_of_architecture architecture as a kind of art form
subtype: Bauhaus a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918
subtype: Byzantine_architecture__Byzantine the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire; massive domes with square bases and rounded arches and spires and minarets and much use of mosaics
subtype: classical_architecture__classicalarchitecture__grecoromanarchitecture architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans
subtype: Greek_architecture the architecture of ancient Greece
subtype: Roman_architecture the architecture of ancient Rome
subtype: Gothic_architecture__Gothic a style of architecture developed in N France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
subtype: perpendicular_style__perpendicularstyle__perpendicular__English-Gothic__English-Gothic_architecture a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines, a four-centered (Tudor) arch, fan vaulting
subtype: Tudor_architecture a style of English-Gothic architecture popular during the Tudor period; characterized by half-timbered houses
subtype: Romanesque_architecture__Romanesque a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades
subtype: Norman_architecture a Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy around 950 AD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the 12th century
subtype: Moorish_architecture__Moorish a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by the horseshoe (Moorish) arch
subtype: Victorian_architecture a style of architecture used in England during the reign of Queen Victoria; characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation
subtype: sonata_form a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony
subtype: style a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand"
subtype: flavor__flavour (high energy physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks
subtype: colour.quark__color (high energy physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
subtype: species.kind__specie__variety a specific kind of something: "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy"
subtype: genus.kind__genu a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"
subtype: make__brand a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
subtype: genre.kind a kind of literary or artistic work
subtype: ilk a kind of person; "I don't like people of his ilk"
subtype: manner a kind; "what manner of man are you?"
subtype: model a type of product; "his car was an old model"
subtype: the_like__thelike__the_likes_of__thelikesof a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here"
subtype: pigeonhole a specific (often simplistic) category
subtype: rubric.category category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity'"
subtype: way.category a general category of things; used in the expression "in the way of": "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
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