genuine alternative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenuineandalternative
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genuine
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/us/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/
If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears ...
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alternative
noun[C]
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility ...
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(Definition ofgenuineandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Section 7 argues that ex post prioritarianism was never agenuinealternativeto utilitarianism anyway.
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In fact, ex post prioritarianism was probably never agenuinealternativeto utilitarianism in the first place.
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Even though it is difficult to see satisficing as agenuinealternativeto traditional decision theory, there are other ways to spell out this notion.
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My aim here, however, is only to argue that any one of these approaches is agenuinealternativeto violating consent requirements or restricting organ retrieval to nonoptimal times.
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I am also concerned about written statements unless they represent agenuinealternativeto the planted written question.
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If opting out is agenuinealternative, it will bring the scheme to ruins.
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Agenuinealternativewould be to have two sets of negotiations and choose between them; but that would not be possible.
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I have argued that the pirates will not go until the new programme gets under way, or some othergenuinealternativetakes their place.
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Socialism sets out three challenges that offer agenuinealternativeto the politics of despair and alienation.
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Conversion is increasingly seen as agenuinealternativeto new building.
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Are we going to introduce the sort of legislation that will provide agenuinealternativeat local level?
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I do not believe that it is agenuinealternative.
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I think the effective ones which present agenuinealternativeto outdoor mobility can be used indoors only with difficulty.
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Is it agenuinealternativeservice of radio broadcasting or is that mere verbiage?
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We need to establish agenuinealternativewith regard to entrepreneurship for people, both men and women.
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Thus, it is the last chance to ensure rail becomes agenuinealternativeto road for freight transport.
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The major problem is how the quality, safety and speed of public transport can be improved so that the car user has agenuinealternative.
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A lot of advances could be made so that courts have agenuinealternativeto custody.
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The questions that the court might therefore ask itself are: did the buyer have agenuinealternative?
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A comprehensive youth training scheme is the onlygenuinealternative.
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