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Mainstream vs. Arcane

Mainstream and Arcane Definitions

Mainstream

The prevailing current of thought, influence, or activity
"You need not accept the nominee's ideology, only be able to locate it in the American mainstream" (Charles Krauthammer).

Arcane

Known or understood by only a few
Arcane economic theories.

Mainstream

Representing the prevalent attitudes, values, and practices of a society or group
Mainstream morality.

Arcane

Understood by only a few.
Arcane rituals

Mainstream

To integrate (a student with special needs) into regular school classes.

Arcane

(by extension) Obscure, mysterious.
Arcane origins
Arcane details
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Mainstream

To incorporate into a prevailing group.

Arcane

Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.

Mainstream

Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market.
They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.

Arcane

Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.

Mainstream

The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air

Arcane

Hidden; secret.
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Mainstream

That which is common; the norm.
Ideas outside of the mainstream

Arcane

Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge;
The arcane science of dowsing

Mainstream

(transitive) To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.

Mainstream

(intransitive) To become mainstream.

Mainstream

To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.

Mainstream

The prevailing opinion or practise; as, the doctor avoided using therapies outside the mainstream of modern medical practice.
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Mainstream

TO place (a student) in regular school classes; - used especially of mentally or physically handicapped children.

Mainstream

The prevailing current of thought;
His thinking was in the American mainstream

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