alternatative

Adjective

alternative (not comparable)

1. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
   • an alternative proposition
   1. Presenting two or more alternatives.
      • alternative conjunctions like or
2. Other; different from something else.
   • Exploring alternative realities isn't just a game for boys. In 1666, Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, published a utopian fantasy of compelling strangeness.2011 May 11, Sam Leith, “Sam Leith's top 10 alternative realities”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2021
3. Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
   • alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock
4. (obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
   • He [the Sun] it is that giveth light to all things, and riddeth them from darkneſſe : hee hideth the other ſtarres, and ſheweth them againe : he ordereth the ſeaſons in their alternative courſe : he tempereth the yeere, ariſing ever freſh and new againe, for the benefite and good of the world.1601, Pliny the Elder, “Of the seuen Planets”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The History of the World Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translation of Naturalis Historia...

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