different between mainstream vs fringy
mainstream
English
Etymology
main +? stream
Pronunciation
Adjective
mainstream (comparative more mainstream, superlative most mainstream)
- Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market.
Synonyms
- (used or accepted broadly): common, usual, widespread, conventional
Derived terms
- lamestream (disapprovingly)
- fakestream
Antonyms
- fringe
Translations
Noun
mainstream (plural mainstreams)
- The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
- (usually with the) That which is common; the norm.
Translations
Verb
mainstream (third-person singular simple present mainstreams, present participle mainstreaming, simple past and past participle mainstreamed)
- (transitive) To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
- 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (page 420)
- Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.
- 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (page 420)
- (intransitive) To become mainstream.
- (transitive, education) To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
Derived terms
- mainstreamer
- mainstreamism
- mainstreamist
- mainstreaming
Spanish
Noun
mainstream m (plural mainstreams)
- mainstream
mainstream From the web:
- what mainstream means
- what mainstream candy is vegan
- what mainstream beer is gluten free
- what mainstream school
fringy
English
Alternative forms
- fringey, fringe-y
Etymology
fringe +? -y
Adjective
fringy (comparative fringier, superlative fringiest)
- (informal) Beyond the mainstream.
- Adorned with fringes.
Anagrams
- frying
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