Alternative
Alternative noun - The power, right, or opportunity to choose.
Meaning and alternative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meaning" instead a noun "Alternative".
Meaning
Meaning noun - The idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action.
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Alternative and meaning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternative" instead a noun "Meaning".
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General Graham Chapman: It's all very well to laugh at the military, but when one considers the meaning of life, it is a struggle between alternative viewpoints of life itself.
Source: Cue the Flying Pigs -
It's all very well to laugh at the military, but when one considers the meaning of life, it is a struggle between alternative viewpoints of life itself.
Source: Bolt of Divine Retribution -
In Bo-bobo's case, the afro appears to actually be a Stealth Pun based on the fact that an alternative way to refer to afros in Japanese is bakuhatsu atama, literally meaning "exploding head".
Source: Funny Afro
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