mainstreaming

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The act of making something widely accepted or part of everyday life.

   Like a small side road slowly turning into the main highway everyone uses.

   The mainstreaming of yoga turned a niche practice into a normal gym class.

   Years of mainstreaming made online shopping something almost everyone does now.

   Similarnormalization, popularization

   Oppositemarginalization

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2. 2
   nounUSuncountable

   Teaching students who have special needs in normal classes with everyone else.

   Like letting every kid play on the same team instead of keeping some on a separate bench.

   The school's mainstreaming program placed deaf students in regular science and history classes.

   Mainstreaming helped her son make friends outside his special education group.

   Similarinclusion, integration

   Oppositesegregation

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3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of mainstream. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now.

   The network is mainstreaming once-fringe ideas through its prime-time shows.

   Many schools are mainstreaming children with disabilities at record rates.

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