logical alternative
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflogicalandalternative
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logical
adjective
uk/ˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
using ...
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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 oflogicalandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Williams sets up operant conditioning as the onlylogicalalternativeand shows that operant conditioning cannot explain the emergence of facial expressions to pain.
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Unfortunately, for 23 years we have tried the onlylogicalalternativeand it has manifestly failed as violence has continued to rise.
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I see nologicalalternativeeither now or in the future to that arrangement.
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Of course, every trade unionist would recoil in horror at such a thought, but that is thelogicalalternativeto a policy of restraint.
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Perhaps the only otherlogicalalternativeis to issue identity cards.
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That, really, is thelogicalalternativeto the position with which we are confronted to-day.
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He will see the alternative is not alogicalalternative: it is, if the accused fails to attend—or is in legal custody.
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The rapporteur reemphasized this point very clearly and proposed alogicalalternative.
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My own feeling is that the less intensive or environmentally friendly farming will become thelogicalalternativeto set-aside.
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But what is thelogicalalternativeto the present policy of doing nothing?
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If private enterprise is not equal to the task of meeting the needs of the country, then public enterprise appears to me to be the only sensible andlogicalalternative.
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For we have not the machinery, we have not the people behind us to enable us to pursue the only policy which is alogicalalternative.
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The definition of "logicalalternative" is fairly strict, and includes all but practically inadmissible alternative actions.
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It would still, of course, be possible to offer logical alternatives to the causal hypothesis in these cases.
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So, as mentioned earlier, the two hypotheses outlined above are not logical alternatives to one another and need to be explored independently.
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It seems to me that there are two logical alternatives as a long-term policy for this matter.
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There are only two logical alternatives—integration, or independence.
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