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the mainstream

noun

Definition of the mainstream

: the thoughts, beliefs, and choices that are accepted by the largest number of people
  • His ideas are well outside the mainstream of political opinion.
  • the religious mainstream

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mainstream play

  1. : a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence

  1. : to place (a student, such as a disabled child) in regular school classes

  2. : to incorporate in the mainstream

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