alternative viewpoint
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalternativeandviewpoint
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alternative
adjective
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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viewpoint
noun[C]
uk/ˈvjuː.pɔɪnt/us/ˈvjuː.pɔɪnt/
UK
a place from where a person can look at something, especially at an area of ...
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(Definition ofalternativeandviewpointfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofalternative viewpoint
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Thealternativeviewpointto this derives from county studies which reveal a very different picture.
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Thealternativeviewpoint-that at least some aspects of schizophrenia are neurodevelopmental-has evolved far more recently in response to largely indirect but converging data.
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Analternativeviewpointmight build a rationale for combining justice and care and for considering both constituents as components of a moral ideal.
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Will he simply refuse to listen to moaning minnies who put analternativeviewpoint?
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There was no one present to put forward analternativeviewpoint.
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However, it could also be argued that analternativeviewpointcould prevail over ours.
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I suggest that this one-sidedness cannot be excused by the claim that there is a shortage of material putting analternativeviewpoint.
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Thealternativeviewpointentails looking back from the standpoint of fully developed human persons along the historical line to some point which seems to mark an individual beginning.
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Analternativeviewpoint, informed by a considerable volume of research, emphasises the importance of communities and local organisations in disaster risk management.
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This upset believers in astrology who complained that there was no astrologer to provide analternativeviewpoint.
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This program debuted before the 2005 football season in an effort to give students, alumni, and fans analternativeviewpointfrom the mainstream media.
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There is little addition of ideas from outside the event, reference to alternative viewpoints or attitudes to others, comment and so on.
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Alternative viewpoints, as in other areas of society, have to be indulged in as subtexts, understood by initiates while preserving the veneer of normality.
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Their aim was to obtain both additional data and alternative viewpoints, and to cross-check the information given by the older people.
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On the contrary, based on the focus group discussions that we will discuss later, it seems likely that many citizens are having discussions that genuinely admit alternative viewpoints.
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What they would require is that where subjects relate to matters of political or industrial controversy or current public policy there should be opportunities for alternative viewpoints to be presented.
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It is best to ask questions, offer alternative viewpoints and let them make their own conclusion.
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Group members try to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation of alternative viewpoints, by actively suppressing dissenting viewpoints, and by isolating themselves from outside influences.
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Nonetheless, the press is not overtly hostile toward alternative viewpoints and is not restricted to publishing only articles regarding the government.
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