See alternativity on Wiktionary
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\"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"alternativity\">\nFrom alternative + -ity.",
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂élyos\nProto-Italic *aljos\nProto-Indo-European *-teros\nProto-Italic *-teros\nProto-Italic *aliteros\nLatin alter\nProto-Indo-European *-nós\nProto-Italic *-nos\nLatin -nus\nLatin alternus\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.\nProto-Italic *-ājō\nProto-Italic *-āō\nLatin -ō\nLatin alternō\nLatin alternātus\nProto-Indo-European *-wós\nProto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.\nLatin -īvus\nLatin alternātīvusder.\nMiddle French alternatifbor.\nEnglish alternative\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts\nLatin -itāsder.\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish alternativity\nFrom alternative + -ity.",
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},
"expansion": "alternativity (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "alternativeness"
},
{
"word": "alternativism"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities."
],
"links": [
[
"alternative",
"alternative"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Mathematics"
],
"glosses": [
"A term of magma used to describe identifiable properties in an algebraic structure."
],
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[
"mathematics",
"mathematics"
],
[
"magma",
"magma"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mathematics) A term of magma used to describe identifiable properties in an algebraic structure."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The tendency to pursue an alternative, especially when the previous solution is less available or less desirable."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "representation of choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatywność"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "the quality of being alternative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatywność"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "the quality of being alternative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatividade"
}
],
"word": "alternativity"
}
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