mainstream
pronunciation
How to pronounce mainstream in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪnstriːm]
How to pronounce mainstream in American English:
US [ˈmeɪnstriːm]
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- Noun:
- the prevailing current of thought
Word Origin
- mainstream (n.)
- also main-stream, main stream, "principal current of a river," 1660s, from main (adj.) + stream (n.); hence, "prevailing direction in opinion, popular taste, etc.," a figurative use first attested in Carlyle (1831). Mainstream media attested by 1980 in language of U.S. leftists critical of coverage of national affairs.
Example
- 1. Mainstream economists and the financial press are usually keynesian .
- 2. Men 's grooming has gone mainstream .
- 3. Bearish views almost became mainstream .
- 4. How did these ideas become mainstream ?
- 5. France 's mainstream parties should be careful .