0 abbreviation for alternative: used to form nouns or adjectives to refer to things that are not usual or typical examples of their kind, and that often have an enthusiastic group of people who support them:
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The second album by this Vancouver quintet reveals a more inventive spin on alt-country.
On his album he combines the alt-classical Arke String Quartet with a north Indian classical band and Scottish pipers.
The “alt-left” provides a mirror image of the alt-right: the same loathing of Clinton, rejection of “identity politics,” and itch for a reckoning.
Another 20 percent of the market was taken up by the so-called "Alt- A" sector, which includes a ragbag of alternative mortgage products.
