Definition of "alternative" in Anglais

adjective

1. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.

   • an alternative proposition

2. Other; different from something else.

3. Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.

   • alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock

4. (obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.

noun

1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.

2. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.

3. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

4. (uncountable, music) alternative rock

5. A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.

   • Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.