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mainstream | fringy |

As a noun mainstream

is mainstream.

As an adjective fringy is

beyond the boundary of the mainstream.

mainstream

English

(wikipedia mainstream)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market.
    • They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.

    Synonyms

    * (used or accepted broadly) common, usual, widespread, conventional

    Coordinate terms

    * fringe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is common; the norm.
    • His ideas were well outside the mainstream , but he presented them intelligently, and we were impressed if not convinced.

    Derived terms

    *mainstreamism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
    • Mainstreaming''' has become more common in recent years, as studies have shown that many '''mainstreamed''' students with mild learning disabilities learn better than their non-'''mainstreamed counterparts.
  • To popularize, to normalize, to render .

    • fringy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fringey, fringe-y

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Beyond the boundary of the mainstream.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 21, author=Ginia Bellafante, title=Show About the Universe Raises Questions on Earth, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In another, if fringier , analysis, the show’s focus on the struggles of a contained brigade of human survivors in a post-apocalyptic galaxy is a loose parable for the events in the Book of Mormon: Gaius Baltar (James Callis), the venal scientist turned collaborator turned false prophet turned savior equated not with Jesus or a hundred televangelists but with Joseph Smith. }}
  • Adorned with fringes.
    • (Shakespeare)

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