Alternative or alternate may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

* 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 ''The American Spectator'' is a conservative American magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. It was founded in 1967 by Tyrrell, who remains its editor- ...

'', 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 Alternative comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to mainstream superhero comics which ...

, a genre of comic strips and books *

Alternative media Alternative media are media sources that differ from established or dominant types of media (such as mainstream media or mass media) in terms of their content, production, or distribution.Downing, John (2001). ''Radical Media''. Thousand Oaks, ...

, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication *

Alternative reality A parallel universe, also known as a parallel dimension, alternate universe, or alternate reality, is a hypothetical self-contained plane of existence, co-existing with one's own. The sum of all potential parallel universes that constitute reali ...

, in fiction *

Alternative title An alternative title is a media sales device most prominently used in film distribution. Books and films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small change to the ...

, the use of a secondary title for a work when it is distributed or sold in other countries

Music

* ''Alternative'' (album), a B-sides album by Pet Shop Boys * ''The Alternative'' (album), an album by IAMX * "

Randy Scouse Git "Randy Scouse Git" is a song written by Micky Dolenz in 1967 and recorded by the Monkees. It was the first song written by Dolenz to be commercially released, and it became a number 2 hit in the UK where it was retitled "Alternate Title" after ...

" (released as "Alternate Title" in the UK), by the Monkees, 1967 * "Altern-ate", song by H-el-ical//, 2020

Genres

* Alternative country * Alternative dance * Alternative hip hop *

Alternative metal Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal. Alternative metal bands are often characterized by ...

* Alternative R&B *

Alternative reggaeton Alternative reggaeton is a subgenre of reggaeton that emerged from the reggaeton movement as a reaction to its repetitive and monotone dembow rhythm, and the predominant stereotypical gangsta content that became predictable. The result was a comp ...

Alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

, also known as "alternative music" or simply "alternative" *

Indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and su ...

, sometimes known as "alternative pop” * Indie folk, sometimes known as "alternative folk"

Culture and society

* 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

* Alternative education, non-traditional education *

Alternative school An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientati ...

, a school geared towards students whose needs cannot be met in a traditional school

Mathematics and science

Alternative algebra In abstract algebra, an alternative algebra is an algebra in which multiplication need not be associative, only alternative. That is, one must have *x(xy) = (xx)y *(yx)x = y(xx) for all ''x'' and ''y'' in the algebra. Every associative algebra is o ...

, an abstract algebra with alternative multiplication *

Alternativity In abstract algebra, alternativity is a property of a binary operation. A magma ''G'' is said to be if (xx)y = x(xy) for all x, y \in G and if y(xx) = (yx)x for all x, y \in G. A magma that is both left and right alternative is said to be () ...

, a weaker property than associativity * Alternate leaves, a classification in botanical

phyllotaxis In botany, phyllotaxis () or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. Phyllotactic spirals form a distinctive class of patterns in nature. Leaf arrangement The basic arrangements of leaves on a stem are opposite and alterna ...

Politics

* The Alternative (Palestine), a former electoral alliance of several socialist Palestinian groups *

The Alternative (Denmark) The Alternative ( da, Alternativet) is a green political party in Denmark. The party was publicly launched on 27 November 2013 by former Minister of Culture Uffe Elbæk and Josephine Fock; Elbæk had been a parliamentarian for the Social Liberal P ...

, a green political party in Denmark *

Alternativa (Kosovo political party) The Alternative ( Albanian: ''Alternativa'') is a liberal political party in Kosovo. History Ilir Deda was elected MP for Vetëvendosje in the parliamentary election of 2014. However, during the anti-governmental protests in Kosovo in 2015–1 ...

, a liberal political party in Kosovo *

Alternativa (Italian political party) Alternativa ( en, Alternative, A or Alt) is a populist and Eurosceptic political party in Italy. It was established in February 2021 as a parliamentary sub-group of the Mixed Group named L'Alternativa c'è ( en, There is an Alternative). Its ...

, a populist political party in Italy * Alternativa (North Macedonian political party), an Albanian political party in North Macedonia

Other uses

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