Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The prevailing current of thought, influence, or activity.
- adjective Representing the prevalent attitudes, values, and practices of a society or group.
- transitive verb To integrate (a student with special needs) into regular school classes.
- transitive verb To incorporate into a prevailing group.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The prevailing opinion or practise.
- transitive verb (Education) TO place (a student) in regular school classes; -- used especially of mentally or physically handicapped children.
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- adjective Used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market.
- noun That which is
common ; thenorm . - verb transitive To educate (a
disabled student) together with non-disabled students. - verb transitive To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the prevailing current of thought
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Examples
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I agree with your points about HRW, but can we limit the use of the term mainstream media.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bernstein (Robert!) Denounces Human Rights Watch: 2009
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He says the problems in Inner Mongolia, which he says is a sensitive ethnic region similar to restless Tibet and Xinjiang, reflect growing grievances in what he describes as mainstream Chinese society.
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Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and/or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambience, morals, and sociocultural direction or mood of an era (similar to the English word mainstream or trend).
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Everyone in the mainstream is aware that Stephen King sells a lot of books, but they still don't acknowledge that anyone in the horror field can write.
So It Goes: Thoughts on the Cassandra Ghetto Lou Anders 2007
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And this statement also went on to say that, sadly, from the Democrats 'perspective, they say that this congresswoman and this sentiment represents what they call the mainstream of the Republican Party.
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Well, some of the comics, what they call the mainstream Marvel Universe... um, no, it wasn't a divorce, it was a sort of magical, uh...
Sunday After The Storm | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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But I am actually beginning to think that what we know as the mainstream press might end up going the way of the Dodo bird after all.
Digby: The Elite Media Still Don't Know They're Being Played 2008
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Big, small, and in-between - If they are what we call mainstream, they are good for public health.
Mari Gallagher: Fast, Cheap and Easy: How Fringe Food Hurts Public Health When it's the Only Choice 2008
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But I am actually beginning to think that what we know as the mainstream press might end up going the way of the Dodo bird after all.
Hullabaloo 2006
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This year's version of the off-the-wall argument moving into the mainstream is the argument that John Kerry is disqualified for the presidency (or, apparently, for the Senate position he currently holds), because of the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment imposing disqualification as a sanction for people who, having sworn an oath to support the Constitution (as soldiers -- and members of Congress -- do), gives aid and comfort to the nation's enemies.
Balkinization 2004
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