mainstream
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪnstriːm/ usmainstream organizations, ideas, etc. are those that are considered normal, and accepted or used by most people:
mainstream media/press Mainstream media are ignoring the real problems.
mainstream culture/politics/society Cell phones have been a part of mainstream culture since the 1990s.
mainstream education/school It should be possible to include children with behavioural problems within mainstream education.
mainstream
noun [ S ]
uk/ˈmeɪnstriːm/ usthe way of life or set of beliefs practised or accepted by most people:
cultural/political mainstream Our nation's political mainstream will never allow such a constitutional change.
The new law should allow more disabled people to enter the mainstream of the American workforce.
mainstream
verb [ T ]
uk/ˈmeɪnstriːm/ us HR, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
to include people who have particular difficulties or needs in the same schools or places of work as everyone else:
When the children of immigrants are mainstreamed, they learn the new language within months.
mainstream sb into sth People with disabilities are being mainstreamed into community jobs.
to make something become accepted as normal by most people:
The recession is mainstreaming the part-time economy.