Alternative

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An alternative is an object or action which can be chosen. Alternative may refer to:

Contents 1 a genre of music 2 other music 3 mathematics and science 4 education 5 culture and society

[edit] a genre of music

• Alternative rock
• Alternative dance
• Alternative metal
• Alternative hip-hop
• Alternative country
• Essential Alternative

[edit] other music

• Alternative (album), an album by the Pet Shop Boys
• Alternative Records, a record label

[edit] mathematics and science

• Alternative algebra, an abstract algebra with alternative multiplication
• Alternate leaves, a classification in botanical phyllotaxis

[edit] education

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

[edit] culture and society

• Alternative comics, a genre of comic strips and books
• Alternative comedy, a range of styles used by comedians and writers in the 1980s
• 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 Goth fashion, Punk fashion, Fetish fashion.
• Alternative lifestyle, a lifestyle that it is not within the cultural norm
• Alternative media, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication
• Alternative medicine, methods and practices which reject the scientific teachings on medicine
• Alternative society, different models for society and social change
• Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series, Kamen Rider Ryuki