Alternative lifestyles (Topical Term)

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")

Rinella, J. Partners in power, c2003: p. 2 (alternate lifestyles)

Handbook of contemporary families, c2004: table of contents (Alternate lifestyles today)

OED; Random House; Web. 3