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Mainstream vs. Indie

Mainstream and Indie 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).

Indie

One, such as a studio or producer, that is unaffiliated with a larger or more commercial organization.

Mainstream

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

Indie

An artistic work produced by an independent company or group
"[His film] showed that indies could ... take in millions at the box office" (Liesl Schillinger).

Mainstream

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

Indie

Of, relating to, or being an indie
An album of indie rock.
An indie film company.
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Mainstream

To incorporate into a prevailing group.

Indie

Independent; from outside the mainstream.
An indie pop group
An indie video game

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.

Indie

An independent publisher.

Mainstream

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

Indie

A work released by an independent publisher.
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Mainstream

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

Indie

A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic.

Mainstream

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

Indie

A person who listens to indie music and follows indie fashion.

Mainstream

(intransitive) To become mainstream.

Indie

A pop group not affiliated with a major record company
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Mainstream

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

Indie

(of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company

Mainstream

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

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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