mainstreaming

[ meyn-stree-ming ]

noun

1. integration of children with special educational needs, such as a physical or mental disability, into conventional classes and school activities.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mainstreaming¹

First recorded in 1975–80; mainstream + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“There are anti-vaxxers in Congress and in the Senate who are really mainstreaming this now, and this is going to have an effect on the budget that can be allocated toward pandemic preparedness and scientific research in the future.”

From Salon

On NBC’s Meet the Press, Vance rationalized his mainstreaming of these urban legends—which have been picked up and amplified by Trump on the campaign trail—by stating, “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do.”

From Los Angeles Times

The mainstreaming of Latino culture within the U.S. over the past decade has certainly helped, making it easier for filmmakers to convince streamers there’s an audience for their films.

From Los Angeles Times

Zeve Sanderson, the executive director of New York University’s Center for Social Media and Politics, added, “What we’ve seen is strategic actors experiment with a bunch of misinformation to see what works before mainstreaming it.”

From Slate

Whether it was Sean Hannity fuming about the liberal media and Hollywood perverts, Tucker Carlson mainstreaming key components of the great replacement theory, Bill O’Reilly bashing abortion providers and liberal media, Glenn Beck assuring his viewers that Barack Obama was the real racist, or the Fox & Friends mopes offering shots of xenophobia with their viewers’ morning coffee, the network has a long and documented history of using its platform to proclaim the cultural and political villainy of the left—and thus to celebrate the relative virtue of the right.

From Slate