mainstreaming

noun

Etymology

From mainstream + -ing.

  1. derived from *srew-
  2. inherited from *srowmos
  3. inherited from *straumaz
  4. inherited from *straum
  5. inherited from strēam
  6. inherited from streem
  7. compounded as mainstream — “main + stream
  8. formed as mainstreaming — “mainstream + -ing

Definitions

  1. The process of bringing something into the mainstream.

    • Neither Wales nor Scotland was in favour of getting rid of it, no doubt because both countries have done an infinitely better job than Whitehall on mainstreaming sustainable development.
    • Mainstreaming implies involving all social actors—governments, civil society, industry and local communities—in the process. Mainstreaming calls for changes in policy as far upstream as possible.
  2. The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes.

    • It was 1979, and for many educators mainstreaming was an idea whose time had come.
  3. present participle and gerund of mainstream

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mainstreaming. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA