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Etymology edit

mainstream +‎ -ism

Noun edit

mainstreamism (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being mainstream.
    • 1995, Philip Swanson, The New Novel in Latin America, page 167:
      So, those academics who mistrust Isabel Allende because of the mainstreamism of her work may be effectively mirroring the sentiments of Esteban Trueba with his loathing of 'la música popular' []