mainstreams
Prevailing cultural tendencies
Mainstreams works as both noun and verb.
As a noun, it's the plural of mainstream—the dominant currents of thought, culture, or activity: The mainstreams of American politics have shifted over decades.
As a verb, it means to bring into the mainstream or make conventional: The district mainstreams special education students into regular classrooms.
The verb often appears in educational contexts, describing integration of students with disabilities into general classes.
Absorbing into a whole
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- normalizationAdjusting to a standard
- conventionalityAdherence to accepted customs
uniformity · integration · orthodoxy · conformist · acculturation · socialization · consensus · groupthink
Rejection of mainstream values
- alternativeAnother available choice
- subcultureGroup with alternative norms
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- indieProduced outside majors
fringe · margins · outsiders · nonconformity · rebellion · resistance · avant-garde · niche
Dominant group's control
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- primacyCondition of being foremost
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
supremacy · control · authority · power · sovereignty · command · reign · rule
Information distribution channels
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- narrativeAccount of events
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- ideologyStructured belief framework
broadcasting · shaping · culture · values · awareness · mass-media · television · radio
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- normalizationAdjusting to a standard
conventionality · uniformity · integration · orthodoxy · conformist · acculturation · socialization · consensus · groupthink · conventionalism
counterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
- alternativeAnother available choice
- subcultureGroup with alternative norms
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
indie · fringe · margins · outsiders · nonconformity · rebellion · resistance · avant-garde · niche · edgy
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- primacyCondition of being foremost
preeminence · supremacy · control · authority · power · sovereignty · command · reign · rule · governance
media
Information distribution channels
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- narrativeAccount of events
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
ideology · broadcasting · shaping · culture · values · awareness · mass-media · television · radio · advertising
mainstreamsfringes
Outer edges or tassels
margins · peripheries · countercultures · undergrounds · subcultures
mainstreamscountercultures
Groups opposing mainstream society
subversions · rebellions · nonconformities · heterodoxies · deviations
mainstreamsundergrounds
Subterranean transit systems
niches · obscurities · cult followings · subcultures · grassroots
- mainstream appeal
- mainstream mediaDominant news establishment
- gone mainstream
- mainstream popWidely popular commercial music
- mainstream hitCommercially successful song
- mainstream audienceAverage popular consumer base