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mainstreamed

mainstreamed

7.0
A student placed in regular school classes instead of special education
  • adjective
  • /ˈmeɪnˌstriːmd/
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  • She was excited to be mainstreamed this year, allowing her to learn alongside her peers.

Examples

  • The school has successfully mainstreamed students with disabilities into regular classrooms.

  • Many educational programs are focused on mainstreamed learning to support children with special needs.

  • Stringer are looking to put resource bases into mainstream schools to address the needs of of of deaf children.

Synonyms

integrated
vsmainstreamed
1 4.2

Open to people of all races and groups living or working together

places a person with a disability into regular classes rather than special ones

Antonyms

segregated
  • Offensive
1 5.8

Separated from other people because of race, religion or other differences

How Included

integrated
1 4.2
included
1.0
mainstreamed
7.0
separated
1.0
segregated
  • Offensive
1 5.8

Surface Forms

mainstreamed positive

Morphology

mainstreamed = mainstream (transparent) = main + stream + ed

Formed by adding the regular past-participial/adjectival suffix '-ed' to 'mainstream' meaning 'the prevailing group', so the meaning 'placed into regular classes' is directly derived.

Etymology

Mainstreamed comes from main meaning 'most important' and stream meaning 'flow', so it literally means 'put into the main flow'. That's why when students are mainstreamed they are put into regular classes instead of special ones.