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The meaning of MAINSTREAM is a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence. How to use mainstream in a sentence.
verb [ T ] uk / ˈmeɪn.striːm / us / ˈmeɪn.striːm / to make something start to be considered normal: Political rhetoric mainstreams hostility. Mainstreaming equality means that equality should not be catered for only by specific programmes or initiatives. education US specialized.
noun. the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture. a river having tributaries. regular school classes or regular schools: keeping autistic students in the mainstream. adjective. belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc.:
Britannica Dictionary definition of MAINSTREAM. [+ object] 1. chiefly US : to place (a child with special educational needs) in regular school classes. 2. : to cause (someone or something) to be included in or accepted by the group that includes most people.
Mainstream describes what's viewed by most people in a society as "normal," like the mainstream view that everyone should get married, move to the suburbs, and have children as soon as they can. Something that's mainstream is conventional, or the usual way of doing things.
noun. uk / ˈmeɪnstriːm / us. the mainstream. Add to word list. the beliefs or way of living accepted by most people: The party is now in the mainstream of politics. mainstream. adjective [ always before noun ] mainstream culture / politics. (Definition of mainstream from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
mainstream. noun. /ˈmeɪnstriːm/. /ˈmeɪnstriːm/. the mainstream. [singular] the ideas and opinions that are thought to be normal because they are shared by most people; the people whose ideas and opinions are most accepted. His radical views place him outside the mainstream of American politics.
