Antonyms for mainstream

Grammar : Adj

Spell : meyn-streem

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪnˌstrim

Definition of mainstream

Origin : also main-stream, main stream, "principal current of a river," 1660s, from main (adj.) + stream (n.); hence, "prevailing direction in opinion, popular taste, etc.," a figurative use first attested in Carlyle (1831). Mainstream media attested by 1980 in language of U.S. leftists critical of coverage of national affairs.

adj prevailing

Example sentences :

The largest group outside the community's mainstream was the black agricultural workers.
Extract from : « Frying Pan Farm » by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

When the mainstream of evolution on Darkover left the trees to struggle for existence on the ground, a few remained behind.
Extract from : « The Planet Savers » by Marion Zimmer Bradley

This species may have utilized the mainstream as a refugium in the drought of 1952-'56.
Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon

Normally the water was about six inches deep in the mainstream as it ran over a riffle adjacent to the catfish nest.
Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon

With the return of continuous flow and a consequent rise in turbidity, bass declined in abundance in the mainstream.
Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon

My specimen may represent a small population that retreated to the mainstream of the Neosho during drought.
Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon

A fantastic way to earn a living, close to the mainstream of human vanity.
Extract from : « The Trial of Callista Blake » by Edgar Pangborn

And where, for the first time, the American mainstream includes all of our disabled citizens.
Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various

We have a responsibility to make them welcome here, and they have a responsibility to enter the mainstream of American life.
Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various

There is evidence that the theory of Nursing as Caring has entered the mainstream of nursing thought.
Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin

Synonyms for mainstream

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