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mainstreamings

mainstreamings is the plural of mainstreaming.

Meaning of mainstreaming

Noun

mainstreaming (usually uncountable, plural mainstreamings)

  1. (usually) The process of bringing something into the mainstream.
    • Neither Wales nor Scotland was in favour of getting rid of it, no doubt because both countries have done an infinitely better job than Whitehall on mainstreaming sustainable development.2010 July 23, Jonathon Porritt, “The greenest government ever? Don't make me laugh”, in The Guardian
  2. (US, usually) The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes.
    • It was 1979, and for many educators mainstreaming was an idea whose time had come.1985 April 14, Barbara Gerbasi, “Mainstreaming My Son”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about mainstreamings

What is mainstreamings the plural of?
Mainstreamings is the plural of mainstreaming.

Words near mainstreamings in the dictionary

  1. mainstreamable
  2. mainstreamed
  3. mainstreamer
  4. mainstreamers
  5. mainstreaming
  6. mainstreamings
  7. mainstreamish
  8. mainstreamism
  9. mainstreamist
  10. mainstreamists
  11. mainstreamization

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