Mainstream vs Generalize - What's the difference?
mainstream | generalize |
Used or accepted broadly rather than by a tiny fraction of a population or market.
That which is common; the norm.
To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
To popularize, to normalize, to render .
To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
* W. Nicholson
To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.
* Coleridge
As a noun mainstream
is mainstream.As a verb generalize is
to speak in generalities, or in vague terms.mainstream
English
(wikipedia mainstream)Adjective
(en adjective)- They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.
Synonyms
* (used or accepted broadly) common, usual, widespread, conventionalCoordinate terms
* fringeNoun
(en noun)- His ideas were well outside the mainstream , but he presented them intelligently, and we were impressed if not convinced.
Derived terms
*mainstreamismVerb
(en verb)- 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.
generalize
English
Alternative forms
* generalise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
(en-verb)- Copernicus generalized' the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton ' generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air.
- A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts.