Alternative lifestyles
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Name (Hebrew)
סגנונות חיים חלופיים
Name (Latin)
Alternative lifestyles
Name (Arabic)
أنماط الحياة البديلة
Other forms of name
Alternative life styles
See Also From tracing topical name
Lifestyles
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q4736526
Library of congress:
sh 98004500
Sources of Information
- Australian encyc., 1988:v. 1, pp. 126-128.
- Chambers 21st century dict., 1996:def. 2 ("said of a lifestyle, culture, etc. outside the conventionally accepted ways of doing something and therefore thought of by adherents as preferable")
- Ohu : alternative life style communities. Advisory Committee by the Dept. of Lands and Survey, 1975.
- The Australian concise Oxford dict. of current English, 1997("a way of living regarded as unacceptable by conventional standards, esp. one that rejects consumerism, monogamy, the work ethic, etc.")
- Macquarie dict.:Alternative lifestyle ("lifestyle which is based on alternative values) def. 7 ("offering standards and criteria of behaviour of a minority group within and opposed to an established western society")
Wikipedia description:
An alternative lifestyle or unconventional lifestyle is a lifestyle perceived to be outside the norm for a given culture. The term alternative lifestyle is often used pejoratively. Description of a related set of activities as alternative is a defining aspect of certain subcultures.
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