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Alternatives are objects or actions, where the choice of one excludes choosing the other. Alternative may also refer to:

[edit] Genres of music

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

[edit] Mathematics and science

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

[edit] Finance

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

[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 Gothic 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, healing practice that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine
• Alternative society, different models for society and social change
• Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series, Kamen Rider Ryuki
• The Alternative (album), an album by IAMX

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