mainstreamed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

integrated \integrated\ adj.

1.Formed or united into a whole.

Syn: incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified. [WordNet 1.5]

2.Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as, an integrated Europe. Opposite of nonintegrated. [Narrower terms: coordinated, interconnected, unified; embedded; incorporated; tight-knit, tightly knit]

a more closely integrated economic and political system— Dwight D. Eisenhower[WordNet 1.5]

3.Having different groups treated together as equals in one group; as, racially integrated schools. [Narrower terms: co-ed, coeducational; desegrated, nonsegregated, unsegregated; interracial; mainstreamed] Also See: integrative, joint, united. Antonym: segregated. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

4.Resembling a living organism in organization or development. [Narrower terms: organic (vs. inorganic)]

Syn: structured. [WordNet 1.5]

5.combined. Opposite of uncombined. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

6.having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit. Opposite of unmixed. [Narrower terms: blended[2]]

Syn: amalgamated, intermingled, mixed. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


mainstreamed \main"streamed`\ adj. (Education) Placed in regular school classes; -- of the handicapped. [WordNet 1.5]
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