Definition of
alternative has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ noun ] (psychology) one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

Synonyms

choice option

Examples

"what option did I have?" "there no other alternative" "my only choice is to refuse"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

Expressed differently : if the price for becoming a faithful follower of Jesus_Christ is some form of self-destruction , whether of the body or of the mind - sacrificium corporis , sacrificium intellectus - then there is no alternative but that the price remain unpaid .

In_any_event , it is an irreversible step , and if we are at_all honest with ourselves , we will know we have no other alternative than to live in the world in which God has seen_fit to place us .

For we have said , in_effect , that of the two alternatives to his position variously represented by the other participants in the demythologizing discussion , only one is really an alternative .

For we have said , in_effect , that of the two alternatives to his position variously represented by the other participants in the demythologizing discussion , only one is really an alternative .

It follows , then , provided the possibilities have been exhausted , that the only real alternative is the general viewpoint of the `` left '' , which has been represented on the Continent by Fritz_Buri and , to some extent at_least , is found in much that is significant in American and English theology .

Related terms

decision_making possibility obverse soft_option default_option Hobson's_choice impossibility preference

2
[ adjective ] allowing a choice

Synonyms

alternate

Examples

"an alternative plan"

Used in print

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

It did not serve to contrast the existing order of society with a possible alternative order , because the age of innocence was not a possible alternative once man had sinned .

Related terms

secondary

3
[ adjective ] necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

Synonyms

mutually_exclusive

Examples

"`either' and `or' in `either this or that'

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

The largest hurdle the Republicans would have to face is a state law which says that before making a first race , one of two alternative courses must be taken :

Related terms

disjunctive

4
[ adjective ] pertaining to unconventional choices

Examples

"an alternative life style"

Related terms

unconventional

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

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