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plural mainliners
A member of the mainstream. quotations examples
[…] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks.
1990, Elizabeth B. Lee, Sociology For People: A Caring Profession, page 110
Mainliners view sociology as a profession or occupation, and marginals are antisociologists and unsociologists.
2017, Shulamit Reinharz, On Becoming a Social Scientist
Someone who mainlines (injects drugs directly into their veins). examples
A prisoner held within the general population of a prison. examples