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alternative lifestyle

alternative lifestyle noun: any lifestyle generally perceived to be outside the norm of its culture.

alternative lifestyle: any lifestyle generally perceived to be outside the norm of its culture
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Noun

alternative lifestyle (plural alternative lifestyles)

  1. Any lifestyle generally perceived to be outside the norm of its culture.
  2. (dated, euphemistic) Homosexuality, or other LGBT identity or behavior.
    • Since getting divorced, I’ve been going to bathhouses because I’m interested in exploring an alternative lifestyle.

Forms of alternative lifestyle

pluralalternative lifestyles

Questions about alternative lifestyle

What does alternative lifestyle mean?
Alternative lifestyle means any lifestyle generally perceived to be outside the norm of its culture.
What part of speech is alternative lifestyle?
Alternative lifestyle is a noun.
What is the plural of alternative lifestyle?
The plural of alternative lifestyle is alternative lifestyles.

Words near alternative lifestyle in the dictionary

  1. alternative investment fund
  2. alternative investment funds
  3. alternative investments
  4. alternative left
  5. alternative liability
  6. alternative lifestyle
  7. alternative lifestyles
  8. alternative medicine
  9. alternative medicines
  10. alternative metal
  11. alternative minimum tax

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