alternative lifestyle

noun

Any lifestyle generally perceived to be outside the norm of its culture.

“Since getting divorced, I’ve been going to bathhouses because I’m interested in exploring an alternative lifestyle.”

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Meanings

nounalternative lifestyle (plural alternative lifestyles)

plural alternative lifestyles

  1. Any lifestyle generally perceived to be outside the norm of its culture.
  2. datedeuphemisticHomosexuality, or other LGBT identity or behavior.

    Since getting divorced, I’ve been going to bathhouses because I’m interested in exploring an alternative lifestyle.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alternative lifestyle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alternative%20lifestyle.

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