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- Dictionarymainstream/ˈmeɪnstriːm/
noun
- 1. the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional: "they withdrew from the mainstream of European politics"
adjective
- 1. belonging to or characteristic of the mainstream: "mainstream pop music"
verb
- 1. start to treat or regard (something) as being mainstream: "vegetarianism has been mainstreamed"
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The meaning of MAINSTREAM is a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence. How to use mainstream in a sentence.
MAINSTREAM definition: 1. considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people…. Learn more.
Mainstream definition: the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. See examples of MAINSTREAM used in a sentence.
1. the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. 2. a river having tributaries. adj. 3. belonging to or characteristic of a principal or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc. v.t. 4. to send into the mainstream. 5. to place in regular school classes: to mainstream handicapped children. [1660–1670]
Something that's mainstream is conventional, or the usual way of doing things. If you're talking about the mainstream in fashion, you mean the ordinary clothes that most people wear and which is found in all the malls — nothing too weird or outlandish.
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.
noun. the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture. a river having tributaries. regular school classes or regular schools: keeping autistic students in the mainstream. adjective. belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc.:
mainstream. noun. /ˈmeɪnstriːm/. /ˈmeɪnstriːm/. the mainstream. [singular] 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.
mainstream meaning, definition, what is mainstream: accepted by or involving most people in ...: Learn more.
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.
