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What is another word for the mainstream?

Pronunciation: [ðə mˈe͡ɪnstɹiːm] (IPA)

The term "mainstream" refers to the prevailing attitudes, beliefs, and practices of a society or culture. Synonyms for "the mainstream" include the prevalent, dominant, established, or prevailing norms or values of a society. Other synonyms for "the mainstream" include the status quo, the conventional, the popular, the accepted, and the common. These terms refer to the commonly-held ideas, opinions, or practices that are widely accepted and adhered to within a particular community or culture. While these concepts have some overlap, they may also differ in subtly nuanced ways that reflect the social and cultural context in which they are used.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.
    Walter Annenberg
  • I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around.
    John Astin
  • I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part.
    Jean M. Auel
  • My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material.
    Jean M. Auel
  • It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.
    Rose E. Bird

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