- 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.
- She was never part of the literary mainstream as a writer.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Politicsc1- He drifted out of the mainstream of society.
- She was in the mainstream of British contemporary music.
- These teachers have been cut off from the mainstream of educational activity.
- This style of drama is not part of the cultural mainstream.
- This technology was designed for specialists but is now starting to move into the mainstream.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cultural
- political
- etc.
- …
- enter
- hit
- join
- …
- in the mainstream
- within the mainstream
- into the mainstream
- …
- part of the mainstream
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