mainstream.
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
Meaning & usage
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.
Where this word comes from
From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).
The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
That which is common; the norm.
ideas outside of the mainstream
Where this word comes from
From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).
To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
To become mainstream.
To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
Where this word comes from
From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).
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