Alternative

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Alternative or alternate may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media[edit]

• Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki
• The Alternative (film), a 1978 Australian television film
• The Alternative, a radio show hosted by Tony Evans
• 120 Minutes (2004 TV program), an alternative rock music video program formerly known as The Alternative
• The American Spectator, an American magazine formerly known as The Alternative: An American Spectator
• Alternative comedy, a range of styles used by comedians and writers in the 1980s
• Alternative comics, a genre of comic strips and books
• Alternative media, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication
• Alternative reality, in fiction
• Alternative title, the use of a secondary title for a work when it is distributed or sold in other countries

Music[edit]

• Alternative (album), a B-sides album by Pet Shop Boys
• The Alternative (album), an album by IAMX
• "Randy Scouse Git" (released as "Alternate Title" in the UK), by the Monkees, 1967
• "Altern-ate", song by H-el-ical//, 2020

Genres[edit]

• Alternative country
• Alternative dance
• Alternative hip hop
• Alternative metal
• Alternative R&B
• Alternative reggaeton
• Alternative rock, also known as "alternative music" or simply "alternative"
• Indie pop, sometimes known as "alternative pop”
• Indie folk, sometimes known as "alternative folk"

Culture and society[edit]

• Alternate (sports), a replacement or backup for a regular or starting team player
• Alternative culture, a variety of subcultures existing along the fringes of mainstream culture
• Alternative dispute resolution, processes and techniques outside the traditional mainstream of jurisprudence
• Alternative fashion, for example Gothic fashion, Punk fashion, Fetish fashion
• Alternative lifestyle, a lifestyle that is not within the cultural norm
• Alternative medicine, healing practice that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine

Education[edit]

• Alternative education, non-traditional education
• Alternative school, a school geared towards students whose needs cannot be met in a traditional school

Mathematics and science[edit]

• Alternative algebra, an abstract algebra with alternative multiplication
• Alternativity, a weaker property than associativity
• Alternate leaves, a classification in botanical phyllotaxis

Politics[edit]

• The Alternative (Palestine), a former electoral alliance of several socialist Palestinian groups
• The Alternative (Denmark), a green political party in Denmark
• The Alternative (Kosovo), a liberal political party in Kosovo

Other uses[edit]

• Alternative investment, investment other than stocks, bond (finance), money funds, and cash

See also[edit]

• Alternate (theatre)
• Alternatives, a Canadian non-governmental organization
• Alternating (disambiguation)
• Alternative press (disambiguation)
• The Alternate (disambiguation)

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