mainstream

²main·stream

verb \ˈmān-ˈstrēm\

Definition of MAINSTREAM

transitive verb

1

: to place (as a disabled child) in regular school classes

2

: to incorporate in the mainstream

Examples of MAINSTREAM

1. The poor should be mainstreamed into the private health-insurance system.
2. Ideas that were once controversial have now become mainstreamed.

First Known Use of MAINSTREAM

1973

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis