Sekirov Dictionary

mainstream

/ˈmeɪn.stɹiːm/

verb 3
noun 2
adjective 1
forms 5

verb3

•
To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
- Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream. — 2011
•
To become mainstream.
- In a nonchurch context, we can look more explicitly at formerly New Age practices to see if and how they have mainstreamed. — 2013
•
(US) To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
- Despite these beliefs, the decision to send my son to a regular school was not made easily. I didn't know of any child as disabled as he who had been mainstreamed. — 1985

noun2

The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
•
That which is common; the norm.
- George Herbert Walker Bush of Phillips Andover Academy and Yale University proclaimed in the first Presidential candidates' debate that he was “in touch with the mainstream of America.” — 1988

adjective1

•
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.

forms

mainstreamed · mainstreaming · mainstreams · more mainstream · most mainstream

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