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main·stream  (mnstrm)

n.

The prevailing current of thought, influence, or activity: "You need not accept the nominee's ideology, only be able to locate it in the American mainstream" (Charles Krauthammer).

adj.

Representing the prevalent attitudes, values, and practices of a society or group: mainstream morality.

tr.v. main·streamed, main·stream·ing, main·streams

1. To integrate (a student with special needs) into regular school classes.

2. To incorporate into a prevailing group.

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mainstreamer n.

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mainstream

Noun

1. the people or things representing the most common or generally accepted ideas and styles in a society, art form, etc.: the mainstream of academic life

2. the main current of a river

Adjective

belonging to the social or cultural mainstream: mainstream American movies

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mainstream - the prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the American mainstream" thought - the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought"

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mainstream

adjective conventional, general, established, received, accepted, central, current, core, prevailing, orthodox << OPPOSITE unconventional

Translations

mainstream [ˈmeɪnstriːm] n (fig) → corriente f principal

mainstream [ˈmeɪnstriːm] main n (fig) → courant principal

mainstream [ˈmeɪnstriːm] main n → Hauptrichtung f

adj (cinema etc) → populär;

(politics) → der Mitte

mainstream [ˈmeɪnstriːm] n (fig) → corrente f principale