mainstream

See also: Mainstream

English

Etymology

main +‎ stream

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mainstream (comparative more mainstream, superlative most mainstream)

1. Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market.

   They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.

   • 2011, Taner Edis, Science and Nonbelief, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 153:

     As unsubstantiated claims receive significant backing, skeptics and defenders of mainstream science enter the fray.

Synonyms

• (used or accepted broadly): common, usual, widespread, conventional

Derived terms

• lamestream (disapprovingly)
• fakestream

Antonyms

• fringe

Translations

used or accepted broadly; common, usual or conventional

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主流的 (zh) (zhǔliú de)

• Esperanto: ĉefstila
• Finnish: valtavirtaa edustava, valtavirta-
• French: commercial (fr)
• Galician: convencional m
• Georgian: ძირითადი მიმართულება (ʒiritadi mimartuleba), წამყვანი მიმართულება (c̣amq̇vani mimartuleba), გავრცელებული (gavrcelebuli), დამკვიდრებული (damḳvidrebuli), მეინსტრიმული (ka) (meinsṭrimuli) (colloquial)
• German: Mainstream- (de), etabliert (de), konventionell (de)
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• Greek: κυρίαρχο ρεύμα n (kyríarcho révma), επικρατούσα τάση f (epikratoúsa tási)
• Hungarian: fősodorbeli, mainstream (hu)
• Irish: lárshrutha, príomhshrutha
• Italian: virale (it) m, corrente (it), comune (it), convenzionale (it), conformista (it), prestabilito (it), tradizionale (it), flusso mediatico predominante
• Japanese: 主流 (ja) (shuryū)
• Maori: auraki
• Portuguese: convencional (pt)
• Russian: мейнстри́мовый (ru) (mɛjnstrímovyj), мейнстри́мный (ru) (mɛjnstrímnyj), основно́й (ru) (osnovnój), магистра́льный (ru) (magistrálʹnyj)
• Spanish: normal (es), aceptado (es), tipico, cotidiano (es), convencional (es)

Noun

mainstream (plural mainstreams)

1. The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
2. (usually with the) That which is common; the norm.

   His ideas were well outside the mainstream, but he presented them intelligently, and we were impressed if not convinced.

Derived terms

• mainstreamer
• mainstreamism
• mainstreamist

Translations

that which is common

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主流 (zh) (zhǔliú)

• Finnish: valtavirta
• French: courant principal m
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• German: Hauptrichtung f, Mainstream (de) m
• Hungarian: fősodor, mainstream (hu)
• Japanese: 主流 (ja) (しゅりゅう, shuryū)
• Russian: основно́е направле́ние n (osnovnóje napravlénije), мейнстри́м (ru) m (mɛjnstrím)
• Spanish: común y corriente

Verb

mainstream (third-person singular simple present mainstreams, present participle mainstreaming, simple past and past participle mainstreamed)

1. (transitive) To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
   • 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (page 420)

     Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.

2. (intransitive) To become mainstream.
   • 2013, Catherine L. Albanese, America: Religions and Religion, 5th edition, Boston: Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 262:

     In a nonchurch context, we can look more explicitly at formerly New Age practices to see if and how they have mainstreamed.

3. (transitive, education) To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.

   Mainstreaming has become more common in recent years, as studies have shown that many mainstreamed students with mild learning disabilities learn better than their non-mainstreamed counterparts.

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Spanish

Noun

mainstream m (plural mainstreams)

1. mainstream