Definition of mainstreams Mainstreams
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What does mainstreams mean?
Part of speech
🔤- mainstreams, verb, present, 3rd person singular of mainstream (infinitive).
- mainstreams, noun, plural of mainstream.
WordNet
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| mainstream - the prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the American mainstream" |
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Wiktionary 
- mainstream (Noun)
That which is common; the norm. - mainstream (Verb)
To educate a disabled student together with non-disabled students. - mainstream (Verb)
To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream. - mainstream (Adjective)
Used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market.
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The most common and popular way of thinking among a population. -
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Genre of jazz music that appeared in the years 1950.
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The mainstream includes all popular culture, usually circulated by mass media. An example of the opposite of the mainstream is counterculture. The term is sometimes used as a negative term. In the United States, Protestant denominations with a mix of conservative, moderate, and liberal theologies are sometimes referred to as "mainstream."
In movies.
Mainstream movies can best be defined as movies created for profit that have a wide release and play in first run theaters (a movie theater that runs mostly mainstream movies from the major movie companies and distributors, during the initial release period of each movie). Being sold at popular stores can also be an indicator. Hollywood and Bollywood movies are usually considered mainstream and also blockbusters. The boundary is vague. An example of the opposite of mainstream movie is typical art films.
In literature.
In literature, "mainstream" refers to traditional realistic fiction, as opposed to genre fictions such as science fiction or mysteries.
In music.
Mainstream music refers to music that is familiar to and popular with the majority of people in their culture. For example, popular music or pop music. However, older generations often dislike the mainstream taste of the youth, and may not agree as to what is or is not mainstream.
Opposing mainstream music is the music of subcultures. This exists in most all genres of music and is commonly found in punk rock, indie rock, and extreme metal, among others. In the 1960s, this m
Part of speech
🔤- mainstream, verb, present, 1st person singular of mainstream (infinitive).
- mainstream, verb (infinitive).
- mainstream, noun, singular of mainstreams.
- mainstream, adjective.
