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Definition of mainstream noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mainstream

noun
 
/ˈmeɪnstriːm/
 
/ˈmeɪnstriːm/
the mainstream
[singular]
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  1. 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 Examples
    • 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.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc1, Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cultural
    • political
    • etc.
    verb + mainstream
    • enter
    • hit
    • join
    preposition
    • in the mainstream
    • within the mainstream
    • into the mainstream
    phrases
    • part of the mainstream
    See full entry
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