Definition of mainstream
: a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence
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The film's astronomical success proves female-focused entertainment is mainstream and that female directors are more than capable of helming big-budget projects.
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As long as the US breaks rank, Russia can swim in the mainstream.
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A Newsweek cover story last year investigated how the fight to end period shaming—and the work of policymakers and activists alike—had catapulted the issue into the mainstream.
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See the Collection Fetishwear has gone mainstream (Kylie Jenner’s corsets, anyone?), but Zana Bayne did sculptural, street-appropriate bondagewear first.
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Body image and female sexual pleasure, which have previously remained on the fringes of discourse, are rapidly being embraced in mainstream media.
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Love yourself, even when the mainstream doesn't celebrate you, and find the places where you are celebrated.
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Anti-Muslim extremism is currently more diffuse, with a number of different factions and strains around the West and beyond, many of which are embedded in mainstream politics, while others are tacked on to fringe movements; all are gaining ground.
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Because the manual is the official arbiter of diagnosable mental disorders, the deletion represented a sea change in thinking by the mainstream community of mental health professionals.
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First Known Use of mainstream
circa 1585
Definition of mainstream
transitive verb
1 : to place (a student, such as a disabled child) in regular school classes
2 : to incorporate in the mainstream
Examples of mainstream in a Sentence
The poor should be mainstreamed into the private health-insurance system.
Ideas that were once controversial have now become mainstreamed.
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Sanders can play a historically important role by mainstreaming these policies.
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After Loving, there have been efforts to mainstream black-white romantic relationships.
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Now, that simple dining room and sprawling sushi bar, barely altered by the decades, have spawned an international brand that's worth an estimated $500 million and credited with mainstreaming a once niche cuisine in the United States.
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Videotique made a name for itself by offering a wide variety of titles, from gay porn and foreign films to mainstream blockbusters and hard-to-find cult movies.
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All countries now need comprehensive counterterrorism strategies that include mainstreaming steps to identify and deal with extremism in all its forms.
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Seventy-nine-year-old Jane Fonda is doing for vibrators what 44-year-old Jane Fonda did for aerobics videos: mainstreaming them.
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Not-for-profits like Fashion Revolution out of the United Kingdom are aiming to mainstream the idea of slow fashion.
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Will books that hold Mr. Trump accountable to his campaign pledges alienate his supporters, and will mainstream Republican politicians and pundits appeal to or repel his base?
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First Known Use of mainstream
1974
Other Education Terms
MAINSTREAM Defined for English Language Learners
mainstream
playDefinition of mainstream for English Language Learners
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: to place (a child with special educational needs) in regular school classes
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: to cause (someone or something) to be included in or accepted by the group that includes most people
Medical Dictionary
mainstream
playMedical Definition of mainstream
: relating to or being tobacco smoke that is drawn (as from a cigarette) directly into the mouth of the smoker and is usually inhaled into the lungs—compare sidestream
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