Mainstream

Definition: Mainstream

Mainstream

Noun

1. The prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the American mainstream".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mainstream" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references)

Crosswords: Mainstream

German (mainstream).

Death to mainstream cinema! (Cecil B. DeMented; writing credit: John Waters)

I've been black-balled by the mainstream film industry, which I find very violent, because I was a porn star. (Women of the House; writing credit: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)

But now I'm just too mainstream for you, oh no ("... On The Radio (Remember The Days)"; performing artist: Nelly Furtado)

Mainstream (1993)

Beyond the Mainstream (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Mainstream Salmones Y Alimentos SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Mainstream Tea (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Breaking the Sound Barrier: An Argument for Mainstream Literary Music (reference)

• Cancer: Increasing Your Odds for Survival: A Resource Guide for Integrating Mainstream, Alternative and Complementary Therapies (reference)

• Careers for Nonconformists: A Practical Guide to Finding and Developing a Career Outside the Mainstream (reference)

• Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom (reference)

• Street Trends: How Today's Alternative Youth Cultures Are Creating Tomorrow's Mainstream Markets (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Mainstream (reference)

• Mainstream News (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mainstream Radio 2002 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 1999 Grammy Nominees: Mainstream (reference)

• Down by the Old Mainstream (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 7bay P4 Mainstream Atx Mid Twr 250w Atx 12v Ps Rear Fan (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

These strategies should include a variety of mainstream channels and techniques to reach diverse audiences that acquire information through different media (e.g., TV, newspaper, radio, Internet). (references)

Despite recent research efforts yielding substantial information, permitting professional and public evaluation of the safety and efficacy of ECT, the investigation of ECT has not generally been in the mainstream of mental health research. (references)

Business

Agriculture is the mainstream of Kenya's economy. (references)

In general, computer usage, particularly personal computers, has become mainstream. (references)

Whereas several years ago a package deal would have been unheard of, it is now a mainstream concept that is seeing success. (references)

Children

India

The course work is intended to allow these children to enter mainstream schooling. (references)

Czech Republic

Language and cultural barriers frequently impeded the integration of Romani children into mainstream schools. (references)

Czech Republic

Local NGO's support additional studies and private initiatives to prepare Romani children for mainstream schools. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

The circulation of Harakah rivals that of mainstream newspapers. (references)

Uganda

The Government largely has ignored calls for these churches to be shut down and their followers returned to mainstream churches. (references)

Turkey

The Diyanet, which some groups claim reflects the beliefs of the Sunni Islamist mainstream to the exclusion of Alevi adherents, regulates the operation of the country's more than 70,000 mosques. (references)

Economic History

Yemen

This hampered its efforts to rejoin the Arab mainstream and to mend fences with its immediate neighbors. (references)

Australia

By comparison, spending on advertising in mainstream media in 1999 increased by just three percent, to US$4.3 billion. (references)

Canada

Once found only in health and specialty food stores, organic products are increasingly available in mainstream supermarkets in Canada. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

In July a mainstream newspaper, Radikal, published alleged secret government autopsy reports and asserted that: Prisoners were responsible for the death of only one of the two Jandarma who died during the December Government intervention in the hunger strike; that Jandarma or prison guards used tear gas at inappropriately close quarters; that prisoners were shot at great distances, contradicting the idea that some had killed each other; and that some prisoners may have been tortured before they died. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

Indigenous people constitute over one-half the population but remain largely outside of the country's political, economic, social, and cultural mainstream. (references)

Mexico

However, these groups have remained largely outside the political and economic mainstream, as a result of longstanding patterns of economic and social development. (references)

Minorities

Somalia

Intermarriage between these groups and mainstream Somali clans is restricted. (references)

Romania

Most mainstream politicians publicly have criticized anti-Semitism, racism, and xenophobia. (references)

Bulgaria

Such mainstream public pressure for containment of "foreign religious sects" inevitably influenced policymakers. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

Labour's philosophical orientation is similar to that of mainstream Social Democratic parties in other European nations. (references)

GERMANY

Although the continuation of the "social market" model remains the goal of all mainstream political parties, changes resulting from the integration of the German economy with those of its EU partners, the impact of German unification, pressure from globalization on traditional manufacturing industries, and high unemployment have forced a rethinking of the German post-war economic consensus. (references)

Political Rights

San Marino

Women hold positions in the mainstream party organizations. (references)

Women

Samoa

In order to integrate women into the economic mainstream, the Government sponsors literacy programs and training programs for those not completing high school. (references)

Bulgaria

No special government programs seek to address economic discrimination or integrate women better into the mainstream of society and the economy, although much NGO activity is focused on these activities. (references)

Worker Rights

Philippines

Some mainstream unions avoid a major unionizing effort in the lower wage SEZ industries, such as the garment industry. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "mainstream": mainstream smoke. Additional references.

Beginning with "mainstream": mainstream-car.

Ending with "mainstream": non-mainstream.

Albanian

rrymë qendrore, rrjedhë e përgjithshme. (various references)

Bulgarian 

суинг (swing), фарватер (pass), вид джаз, моден (chic, current, fashionable, genteel, go, high-toned, in, mod, modern, modish, new, newfangled, nifty, rakish, saucy, smart, stylish, swanky, swell, swinging, swish), преобладаващ (ascendant, predominant, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, ruling, upmost, uppermost). (various references)

Chinese 

主流. (various references)

Danish

hovedstrømsrøg (mainstream smoke). (various references)

Dutch

hoofdstroom (mainstream smoke). (various references)

French

courant principal de la fumée (mainstream smoke), courant primaire de fumée (mainstream smoke). (various references)

German

mainstream, hauptrichtung (cardinal heading, main direction), die Hauptrichtung. (various references)

Greek 

κύριο ρεύμα (prevailing current). (various references)

Hungarian

fõáram, ár (awl, bodkin, cost, driver, flood, full sea, high water, margin, price, pricker, prodding tool, puncheon, rate, torrent). (various references)

Italian

tradizionale (traditional), corrente principale. (various references)

Korean 

주류 (liquor). (various references)

Pig Latin

ainstreammay.(various references)

Portuguese

esteio (anchor, bond, brace, bracing, pillar, post, prop, prop agent, proppant, propping agent, staff, stake, stay, stud, supporter), corrente principal. (various references)

Russian 

основное направление (guideline). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

matica (maelstrom, queen bee). (various references)

Spanish

corriente principal. (various references)

Swedish

huvuströmning, huvudfåra (headwaiter). (various references)

Ukranian 

головна течія, основний напрям. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "mainstream": mainstreamed, mainstreaming, mainstreams. (additional references)

Words ending with "mainstream": nonmainstream. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mainstream" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mainsteram, maintstream. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: animaters, armaments, marinates.

-2 letters: amentias, amirates, animater, animates, antisera, armament, imamates, mainmast, marinate, marmites, martians, minarets, raiments, rammiest, ratanies, sarmenta, seatrain, tamarins.

-3 letters: amentia, amirate, ammines, amnesia, amritas, anemias, anestri, animate, antiars, antsier, aristae, artisan, asteria, atresia, entasia, etamins, imamate, imarets, inmates, maestri, maimers, mantras, marinas, marines, marmite, martens, martian, martins, meatman, minaret, minster, minters, mismate, misname, misrate, misterm, nastier, raiment, ramenta, ratines, remains, remints, retains, retinas, retsina, sarment, semimat, seminar, smarten, smartie, stainer, stamina, stammer, stearin, taenias, tamarin, tamaris, tameins, tammies, tsarina.

-4 letters: aimers, airest, airman, airmen, aments, amines, ammine, amrita, anears, anemia, animas, animes, ansate, antiar, antres, arenas, arisen, arista, armets, armies, arsine, astern, atmans, estrin, etamin, imaret, immane, inarms, inerts, inmate, inseam, insert, instar, inters, maimer, mamies, manats, manias, mantas, mantes, mantis, mantra, marina, marine, marten, martin, master, maters, matins, matres, merits, merman, mesian, miasma, mimers, miners, minter, misate, miseat, mismet, mister, miters, mitres, nairas, namers, niters, nitres, ramate, ramens, ramets, ramies, ratans, ratine, reatas, remain, remans, remint, remits, retain, retina, riatas, samite, santir, satire, seaman, semina, simmer, sinter, smiter, stamen, stemma, sterna, strain, stream, striae, taenia, tamari, tamein, tamers, tammie, tarsia, tenias, terais, tiaras, timers, tineas, tisane, trains, triens, trines.

-5 letters: aimer, airns, airts, amain, amens, ament, amias, amies, amine, amins, amirs, amnia, anear, anima, anime, anise, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antis, antra, antre, areas, arena, arias, arise, armet, aster, astir, atman, atmas, atria, earns, emirs, emits, entia, etnas, imams, inarm, inert, inset, inter, irate, items, maars, maims, mains, mairs, maist, mamas, mamie, manas, manat, manes, mania, manse, manta, mares, maria, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, matin, means, meant, meats, mensa, menta, merit, metis, miasm, miens, mimer, mimes, minae, minas, miner, mines, mints, mires, miser, miter, mites, mitre, naira, namer, names, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nemas, nerts, niter, nites, nitre, raias, rains, raise, ramen, ramet, ramie, ranis, rants, ratan, rates, reams, reata, reins, reman, remit, rents, resin, retia, riant, riata, rimes, rinse, risen, rites, saint, saner, saran, sarin, satem, satin, senti, serai, serin, simar, siren, sitar, smarm, smart, smear, smite, snare, stain, stair, stane, stare, steam, stein, stern, stime, stria, tains, tamer, tames, tamis, tares, tarns, tarsi, teams, tears, tenia, terai, terms, terns, tiara, tiers, timer, times, tinea, tines, tires, train, trams, trans, tries, trims, trine.

+1 letter: disarmament, mainstreams, maternalism.

+2 letters: disarmaments, mainstreamed, maternalisms.

+3 letters: mainstreaming, maladminister, nonmainstream, paramagnetism.

+4 letters: anagrammatizes, armamentariums, maladministers, microanatomies, paramagnetisms, sacramentalism.

+5 letters: antimaterialism, grammaticalness, maladministered, melodramatising, sacramentalisms.

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