Alternative

Template:Sister project Alternative or alternate may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

• Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Alternative comics, or independent comics are an alternative to mainstream superhero comics
• Alternative fashion, fashion that stands apart from mainstream, commercial fashion.
• Alternative manga, manga published outside the more commercial market, or which have different art styles, themes, and narratives to those found in the more popular manga magazines.
• AlterNative, academic journal
• 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

Music

• Alternative dance, a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music
• Alternative hip hop, subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses a wide range of styles that are not typically identified as mainstream
• Alternative pop, pop music with broad commercial appeal that is made by figures outside the mainstream, or which is considered more original, challenging, or eclectic than traditional pop music
• Alternative rock, also known as "alternative music" or simply "alternative"
• Alternative metal, genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal
• Alternative (album), a B-sides album by Pet Shop Boys
• The Alternative (album), an album by IAMX
• "Altern-ate", a song by H-el-ical//, 2020

Sports

• Alternate (sports), a replacement or backup for a regular or starting team player

Mathematics and science

• Alternativity, a weaker property than associativity
• Alternate leaves, a classification in botanical phyllotaxis

Politics

• The Alternative (Denmark), a green political party in Denmark
• The Alternative (France), electoral coalition
• The Alternative (Palestine), a former electoral alliance of several socialist Palestinian groups
• Alternativa (Kosovo), a liberal political party in Kosovo
• Alternativa (Italian political party), a populist political party in Italy
• Alternativa (North Macedonia), a political party in North Macedonia
• Alternative (political bloc), in the Republic of Moldova

See also

• Alt-right (abbreviated from alternative right) is a far-right, white nationalist movement.
• Alt porn, a shortening of "alternative pornography," is a subgenre of pornography that is centered around alternative subcultures, such as goths, hipsters, emos, scenes, skaters or ravers, and is often produced by small and independent websites or filmmakers
• Alternate (theatre)
• Alternative fuel
• Alternative fuel locomotive
• Alternative fuel vehicle
• Alternative housing
• Alternative lifestyle
• Alternative natural materials
• Alternate reality (disambiguation)
• Alternatives, a Canadian non-governmental organization
• Alternating (disambiguation)
• Alternative culture, a variety of subcultures existing along the fringes of mainstream culture
• Alternative education, non-traditional education
• Alternative facts, expression associated with political misinformation coined in 2017
• Alternative media, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication
• Alternative music (disambiguation)
• Alternative press (disambiguation)
• The Alternate (disambiguation)
• Alternative science (disambiguation)