mainstreamism

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noun

Quality of being mainstream.

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Meanings

nounmainstreamism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableQuality 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

From mainstream + -ism.

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mainstreamism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainstreamism

MLA

“mainstreamism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainstreamism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mainstreamism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainstreamism.

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