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MAINSTREAM definition: 1. considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people…. Learn more.
MAINSTREAM meaning: 1. considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people…. Learn more.
The meaning of MAINSTREAM is a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence. How to use mainstream in a sentence.
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.
Mainstream definition: the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. See examples of MAINSTREAM used in a sentence.
People, activities, or ideas that are part of the mainstream are regarded as the most typical, normal, and conventional because they belong to the same group or system as most others of their kind.
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.
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. ( ˈmeɪnˌstriːm) n. a. the main current (of a river, cultural trend, etc): in the mainstream of modern literature. b. ( as modifier ): mainstream politics. adj. (Jazz) of or relating to the style of jazz that lies between the traditional and the modern.
belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc.: mainstream Republicans; a mainstream artist. Music and Dance of, pertaining to, or characteristic of jazz falling historically between Dixieland and modern jazz;
