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Alternativeness

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alternativitynounA characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities.
alt.noun(law) Abbreviation of alternative. [A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.]
alternantnoun(linguistics) An alternative form or allomorph.
alternitynounThe concept that there exist alternate worlds or universes to the one in which we live.
alternateHappening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
alternative historynoun(fiction) A genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events (often occurring after a fixed point of divergence from real history).
alternative factnoun(politics, media) Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie.
non-statenounAlternative form of nonstate. [A sociopolitical entity other than a state.]
alterna-rocknounAlternative form of alternarock. [Alternative rock music.]
alternative leftnounThe alt-left.
alternate energynoun(US) Alternative spelling of alternative energy. [Energy derived from any source other than fossil fuels.]
counter-proposalnounAlternative form of counterproposal. [A proposal made as an alternative to another, earlier proposal.]
allismnoun(creationism) The rejection of creationism in all its forms (including intelligent design) and the assertion that evolution alone is responsible for the diversity of all living creatures.
alterna-teennounAlternative form of alternateen. [A teenager with an interest in alternative rock and the associated youth counterculture, particularly with visible markers such as piercings.]
mallternativenoun(uncountable, sometimes attributive, often derogatory) Any style or genre that is ostensibly counterculture or alternative, but actually mainstream enough to be encountered at a mall, or among the type of people who frequent a mall.
alternative universenoun(literature, narratology) An imaginary realm, often a variant form of the real world or of the fictional universe usually depicted in a work, depicting a different way events could have unfolded or the universe could have functioned.
this, that, or the othernounAlternative form of this, that, and the other. [(philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.]
alternative rightnounThe alt-right.
variancynounAlternative form of variance. [The act of varying or the state of being variable.]
divergenciesnounAlternative form of divergences.

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