Mainstream vs. Indie

Mainstreamadjective

Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of a population or market.

Mainstreamnoun

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

Mainstreamnoun

That which is common; the norm.

Mainstreamverb

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

Mainstreamverb

(intransitive) To become mainstream.

Mainstreamverb

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

Mainstreamnoun

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

Mainstreamverb

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

Mainstreamnoun

the prevailing current of thought;

Mainstream

The mainstream is the prevalent current thought that is widespread.It includes all popular culture and media culture, typically disseminated by mass media. This word is sometimes used in a pejorative sense by subcultures who view ostensibly mainstream culture as not only exclusive but artistically and aesthetically inferior.It is to be distinguished from subcultures and countercultures, and at the opposite extreme are cult followings and fringe theories.

Indieadjective

Independent; from outside the mainstream.

Indienoun

An independent publisher.

Indienoun

A work released by an independent publisher.

Indienoun

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

Indienoun

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

Indienoun

a pop group not affiliated with a major record company

Indieadjective

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