Mainstream

What do we mean by mainstream?

The prevailing current of thought, influence, or activity. noun

Representing the prevalent attitudes, values, and practices of a society or group. adjective

To integrate (a student with special needs) into regular school classes. transitive verb

To incorporate into a prevailing group. transitive verb

The prevailing opinion or practise. noun

TO place (a student) in regular school classes; -- used especially of mentally or physically handicapped children. transitive verb

Used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market. adjective

That which is common; the norm. noun

To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students. verb

To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream. verb

The prevailing current of thought noun

The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air

(usually with the) That which is common; the norm.

A person (or more commonly persons) which follow the common/accepted/most seemingly popular trend. The trends are normally labeled, causing a divide of those who conform and do not conform (non-conformists) until the non-conformists become the common trend, creating a cycle. Urban Dictionary

The brainwash big businesses put out. They feed young adults with worthless movies and music. The trend. All very fake, they put out whatever is in style. Many are too filtered out by the mainstream's brainwash to wake up. Very few mainstream artists are worth listening to. Urban Dictionary

Mainstream is the larger public, the masses, the big crowd. Things that are or become 'mainstream' are the things that currently sell the most and gain the most popularity. Urban Dictionary

CRAPPY MUSIC that goes by the standards and implied guidelines set by other songs that are currently popular. The only inkling of individuality is either a) the lead singer's voice, or b)the fucking tone of the guitar. Both of those are still a rarity. Sometimes, you can define a mainsrteam band by the ranking they are at on the top 40 list, or the iTunes most popular. But not always, because sometimes good indie music is mistakenly put there. Urban Dictionary

A term used to describe when a "underground" genre of musical expression has been fully embraced by the public media through aggressive advertising (aka MTV). Following this phase, the style begins to rapidly plummet in popularity while the ravenous leeches and posers choose to find a new fad to gnaw upon. During the "Golden Years" of a mainstream topic, the genre recieves praise in record numbers, often represented by record numbers of identity-free morons with nothing to make themselves "stand out". It gains brief immortality during this phase, with not enough love, and not enough hate to dislodge it. Only when the "haters" prevail in larger numbers in proportion to fans will the death sentence of a genre be finalized. Urban Dictionary

Culturally conventional, wideley accepted, standard Urban Dictionary

What most people like. Not always bad because everyone likes it. Often is curropted by things like MTV Urban Dictionary

It's shite, a form of cloaking device to bundle the masses into one wavelength of similar thought...escape this desease of a music, lusten to underground music, music that requirtes thought and talent Urban Dictionary

The death of creativity in a music genre. Urban Dictionary

CRAPPY MUSIC that goes by the standards and implied guidelines set by other songs that are currently popular. The only inkling of individuality is either a) the lead singer's voice, or b)the fucking tone of the guitar. Both of those are still a rarity. Sometimes, you can define a mainsrteam band by the ranking they are at on the top 40 list, or the iTunes most popular. But not always, because sometimes good indie music is mistakenly put there. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to mainstream:
mainstream, airstream, midstream, mainstreams, mainstem.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word mainstream:
favorable, critics, indicating, airplay, rhythmic, chart, indicates, audiences, rock, charts, outlets, score, acclaim, media, pop, peaking, continuity, tracks, popularity, billboard, hop, acceptance, marvel, hip, rap, publications, success, cinema, peaked, average, genre, comics, hot, alternative, christianity, punk, economics, audience, generally, adult, culture, universal, format, universe, gay, mtv, bands, attention, exposure, radio, coverage.

Words that rhyme with mainstream:
deam, dream, beam, daydream, stream, cream, deem, scheme, team, regime, redeem, theme, esteem, extreme, ream, diem, steam, seam, seem, supreme, scream, gleam, passim, teem, upstream, downstream, bream, bleam, creme, fleam, beem, ice cream, academe, nauseam, per diem, bireme, moonbeam, steem, kareem, sunbeam, pipe dream, american dream, bloodstream, hakeem, mneme, hakim, rheme, ibrahim, midstream, agleam, fleme, joachim, queme, episteme, ice-cream, karim, breme, vadim, sephardim, phleme, wet dream, jet stream, rahim, whipped cream, maxime, gulf stream, coal seam, sea bream, laser beam, balance beam, neapolitan ice cream, egg cream, face cream, color scheme, farm team, fraudulent scheme, reim, keim, sour cream, siem, vanilla ice cream, tie beam, whipping cream, football team, clotted cream, basim, chocolate ice cream, defense team, light beam, thieme, liem, live steam, shaving cream, musical theme, basketball team, cold cream, baseball team, bavarian cream, raheem, double cream.

Adjectives that are often used to describe mainstream:
american, political, cultural, national, more, economic, social, white, european, literary, academic, educational, intellectual, commercial, conservative, protestant, non, medical, religious, called, liberal, scientific, international, musical, western, historical, current, indian, traditional, democratic, christian, class, contemporary, canadian, dominant, popular, broad, societal, urban, philosophical, global, ideological, neoclassical, evangelical, corporate, professional, less, conventional, heterosexual, anti, moderate, israeli, experimental, orthodox, arab, hindu, gay, republican, outside, secular, islamic, sociological, anglo, linguistic, north, artistic, modernist, theatrical, theological, speaking, socioeconomic, psychoanalytic, progressive, muslim, ethnic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective mainstream:
society, culture, press, schools, media, economics, theory, politics, economists, america, parties, institutions, literature, science, psychology, education, school, churches, cinema, medicine, values, organizations, groups, tradition, discourse, research, view, community, movement, economy, services, classes, thinking, sociology, audience, americans, films, practice, market, christianity, theories, journals, teachers, approach, denominations, opinion, audiences, classroom, film, classrooms, students, fiction, newspapers, scientists, smoke, philosophy, music, politicians, population, approaches, religion, thought, industry, religions, publications, leaders, feminism, programs, settings, protestantism, practices, scholarship, theatre, success, islam, publishers, views, acceptance, judaism, magazines, ideology, scholars, television, journalism, schooling, agencies, provision.

Words that sound like mainstream:
mainstream, mainstreamed, mainstreams, main street, mainstreet, monotreme, monstering, maelstrom, mainstreaming, monstro, monster jam, monstruo, millstream, menstrua, monster, mystery, monsters, ministry, mistery, mastery, monstrous, menstrual, minstrel, minster, downstream, mistry, mastering, munster, monitoring, mentoring, mri, mainstay, mandarine, moonstone, money tree, midstream, mustering, malstrom, monitory, monstre, monstr, ministery, ministering, monstrance, monestrous, montre, monotremes, mens room, minsters, mean streak, money train, maestri, mainspring, men's room, monsteras, malmstrom, monster man, monstered, the stream, nostrum, nystrom, nice dream, linstrom, maintain, mantra, mandarin, maestro, meantime, matron, mainframe, menstruate, mastro, ministries, matri, maneater, mentum, mean time, maestra, main frame, mandrin, masteries, masterdom, maundering, maister, main stage, mainstays, enstrom, maitri, mataram, matrone, maelstroms, ministre, mainwaring, mancera, mare nostrum, metrum, mean streets, ming tree, may tree, minor term.