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mainstreamism

mainstreamism noun: quality of being mainstream.

Noun

mainstreamism (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being mainstream.
    • So, those academics who mistrust Isabel Allende because of the mainstreamism of her work may be effectively mirroring the sentiments of Esteban Trueba with his loathing of 'la música popular' […]1995, Philip Swanson, The New Novel in Latin America, page 167

Origin of mainstreamism

From mainstream + -ism.

Questions about mainstreamism

What does mainstreamism mean?
Mainstreamism means quality of being mainstream.
What part of speech is mainstreamism?
Mainstreamism is a noun.

Words near mainstreamism in the dictionary

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

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