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mainstream

/ˈmeɪn.stɹim/noun2 syllables

Mainstream means: the prevailing current of thought.

Synonyms for mainstream4

also used for mainstream

common, usual, widespread, conventional

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What does mainstream mean?1

noun

1

the prevailing current of thought“his thinking was in the American mainstream”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Mainstream in a sentence

  • I used to like him, but now he's too mainstream.Hybrid
  • Real skeptics also apply skepticism to fringe voices, not just mainstream ones.Miktsoanit
  • This author is critical of the mainstream media.Spamster
  • The mainstream media is the most prevalent practitioner of scaremongering.danieljtah
  • These core values are part of the mainstream of the globalized world.DJ_Saidez
  • How do you choose which mainstream science to accept and which not to accept?DJ_Saidez
  • The mainstream media would never talk about this.Miktsoanit
  • They watered their sound down for the mainstream.Miktsoanit

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mainstream

as a noun

plural
mainstreams