Alternative

Alternative or alternate may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

• Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki
• 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 (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
• Alternative rock, also known as "alternative music" or simply "alternative"

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

• Alternative (Mauritania), political party
• 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 political party), a liberal political party in Kosovo
• Alternativa (Italian political party), a populist political party in Italy
• Alternativa (North Macedonian political party), an Albanian political party in North Macedonia

See also

• Alternate (theatre)
• 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)