Steiner began using the word to refer to his philosophy in the early 1900s as an alternative to theosophy, the term for Madame Blavatsky's movement, itself from the Greek, with a longer history with a meaning of " divine wisdom ".

The alternative word fall for the season traces its origins to old Germanic languages.

The word dessert is most commonly used for this course in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Ireland, while pudding or, informally, sweet or afters are alternative terms that may also be used in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, including New Zealand and India.

An alternative explanation is that the term entered France via Spain, the, maqabir ( cemetery ) being the root of the word.

He holds the position that the alternative seems to be the elaborate philosophical reduction of the word " moral " into a vacuous, useless term.

In Greek the word Ἀνάστασις Anástasis ( upstanding, up-rising, resurrection ) is used also as an alternative.

But some see the root in its alternative sense of " sacrifice ," as if in worship, and see the word as meaning a combination for religious purposes, either Christian or pagan.

An alternative translation to the Hebrew word is " minor side dishes ".

Another alternative is to give the definition of the word.

Jericho's name in Hebrew,, is thought to derive from Canaanite word Reaẖ, though an alternative theory holds that it is derived from the word meaning " moon " ( Yareaẖ ) in Canaanite, since the city was an early centre of worship for lunar deities.

The name Lundy is believed to come from the old Norse word for " puffin island " ( Lundey ), lundi being the Norse word for a puffin and ey, an island, although an alternative explanation has been suggested with Lund referring to a copse, or wooded area.

The name Larissa, inherited from the Pelasgian settlers — an alternative name for the district was Pelasgiotis — was common to many Pelasgian towns: the ancient Greek word larissa means " stronghold ".

The word " conjure " is an ancient alternative to " hoodoo ," which is a direct variation of African-American folklore.

Even cases considered " regular ", with the final-s, are not so simple ; the-s in dogs is not pronounced the same way as the-s in cats, and in a plural like dishes, an " extra " vowel appears before the-s. These cases, where the same distinction is effected by alternative forms of a " word ", are called allomorphy.

After Poland regained its independence ( from Germany, Austria and Russia ) in 1918 no major or minor force considered Pan-Slavism as a serious alternative, viewing Pan-Slavism as little more than a code word for Russification.

For alternative meanings of the word Satsuma, see Satsuma ( disambiguation )

Sexuality is primarily used as an alternative word for sexual orientation.

An alternative spelling in English is ' vocal chords ', possibly due to the musical connotations or to confusion with the geometrical definition of the word " chord ".

" Womyn " is one of a number of alternative spellings of the word " women " used by some feminist writers .< ref > D.

* Knickers, an alternative word for panties.

In Goa, Carnival is known as ' Intruz ' ( from the Portuguese word Entrudo, an alternative name for Carnival ), and the largest celebration takes place in the city of Panaji.

The alternative to this is that if a conservative candidate is nominated the national committee will have to appeal to the trusts for their campaign funds, and in doing this will incur obligations which would make a Democratic victory absolutely fruitless.

The Dominican people have known no democratic institutions and precious little freedom for a generation, and all alternative leadership has been suppressed.

Expressed differently: if the price for becoming a faithful follower of Jesus Christ is some form of self-destruction, whether of the body or of the mind -- sacrificium corporis, sacrificium intellectus -- then there is no alternative but that the price remain unpaid.

It will be recalled from the discussion in Section 7 that the position of the `` right '', as represented by Barth, rests on the following thesis: The only tenable alternative to Bultmann's position is a theology that ( 1 ) rejects or at least qualifies his unconditioned demand for demythologization and existential interpretation ; ;

Anthropology has been used in Britain to provide an alternative explanation for the Financial crisis of 2007 – 2010 to the technical explanations rooted in economic and political theory.

Augmentative and alternative communication ( AAC ) is an umbrella term that encompasses methods of communication for those with impairments or restrictions on the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.

The alternative name for the family, Umbelliferae, derives from the inflorescence being generally in the form of a compound umbel.

While resistant to most beta lactam antibiotics commonly used for skin infections, it remains sensitive to alternative antibiotics, e. g., clindamycin ( Cleocin ), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ( Bactrim ), and doxycycline ( unlike hospital-acquired MRSA that may only be sensitive to vancomycin IV ).

With regard to historic properties ( those properties that are listed or that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, or properties designated as historic under State or local law ), those facilities must still comply with the provisions of Title III of the ADA to the " maximum extent feasible " but if following the usual standards would " threaten to destroy the historic significance of a feature of the building " then alternative standards may be used.

By the conditions accepted in the treaty, the Avars were to take possession of Pannonia and the Lombards were promised military support in Italy should the need arise ; also, for a period of 200 years the Lombards were to maintain the right to reclaim their former territories if the plan to conquer Italy failed, thus leaving Alboin with an alternative open.

Sometimes, Roman numerals are still used for enumeration of lists ( as an alternative to alphabetical enumeration ), for sequential volumes, to differentiate monarchs or family members with the same first names, and ( in lower case ) to number pages in prefatory material in books.

Although a phoneme's allophones are all alternative pronunciations for a phoneme, the specific allophone selected in a given situation is often predictable.

Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, Homeopathy and Naturopathy are cited as examples The term appears to have entered into usage through the National Institute of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ), which began to employ it as a substitute for alternative medical systems as a way of differentiating widely comprehensive systems of medicine, such as Ayurvedic medicine, from specialized alternative approaches.

It was commonly thought that most individuals were homozygous for the " wild type " allele at most gene loci, and that any alternative ' mutant ' allele was found in homozygous form in a small minority of " affected " individuals, often as genetic diseases, and more frequently in heterozygous form in " carriers " for the mutant allele.

Then, p < sup > 2 </ sup > is the fraction of the population homozygous for the first allele, 2pq is the fraction of heterozygotes, and q < sup > 2 </ sup > is the fraction homozygous for the alternative allele.

As resistance towards antibiotics becomes more common, a greater need for alternative treatments arises.

Private and alternative education institutions for children in preschool-12th grade include Regents School of Austin, Redeemer Lutheran School, Garza ( public ), Austin Discovery School ( public charter ), Austin Jewish Academy, The Austin Waldorf School, The Griffin School, The Khabele School, Concordia Academy, St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic School, Holy Family Catholic School, San Juan Diego Catholic High School, Brentwood Christian School, St. Austin Catholic School, St. Stephen's Episcopal School, St. Mary's, St. Theresa's, St. Michael's Catholic Academy, St. Gabriel's Catholic School, St. Andrew's Episcopal School, St. Francis Episcopal School, Saint Paul Lutheran School, Trinity Episcopal School, Huntington-Surrey, Cleaview Sudbury School, The Inside Outside School, ACE Academy, Paragon Preparatory Middle School, Austin International School, The Progress School and a number of Montessori schools.

An alternative name for the ACC is the West Wind Drift.

( via their ARA / ARA2 / ASR products ) allowed ' Sideways ROM ' capability, that allowed the standard Acorn ROM space to be programmatically mapped out for alternative EPROMs, either physically via ZIF Sockets, or ' virtually ' via ROM-images loaded into ( Battery-backed ) RAM in the same ROM memory space.

However, Doke's orthography was never fully accepted and the South African government introduced an alternative, leaving Shona with two competing orthographies between 1935 and 1955.

It is considered the main alternative location to South Africa, for major corporations seeking entry into the African continent.

The main alternative is travelling around Cape Agulhas at the south end of the African continent.

The alternative to mainstream films are sub genre films that appeal to a certain audience, such as African American films.

* Cora ( instrument ), an alternative spelling of the West African musical instrument Kora

Instruments are usually made from African Blackwood ( aka Grenadilla ), although some makers offer instruments in a choice of alternative woods as well, such as cocobolo ( Howarth ) or violet wood ( Lorée ), which are said to alter the voice of the cor anglais slightly, reputedly making it even more mellow and warmer.

Two alternative strategies have been used in the attempts to reduce the African trypanosomiases.

* Jackass penguin, an alternative name for the African Penguin, Spheniscus demersus

His revolutionary programs for African self-reliance as a defiant alternative to the neo-liberal development strategies imposed by the West, made him an icon to many of Africa's poor.

Senghor's tenure as president was characterized by the development of African socialism, which was created as an indigenous alternative to Marxism, drawing heavily from the négritude philosophy.

One of a generation of African and African-American filmmakers from the UCLA Film School who have created an alternative to Hollywood films, she has also made numerous music videos and television movies, the latter including Funny Valentines ( 1999 ), Incognito ( 1999 ), Love Song ( 2000 ), and The Rosa Parks Story ( 2002 ).

In response to the derogatory history of the term dreadlocks, alternative names for the style include locks and African Locks.

During this period, Ivey also formed a side project, Bastard Youth of Basehead, also known as B. Y. O. B., and founded I3Records, an imprint of Rykodisc Records focusing on alternative music aimed at and produced by African American musicians.

An alternative scenario would be African origin for the entire " sturnoid " ( as per Zuccon et al.

South African alternative rock grew more mainstream with two leading bands, Asylum Kids from Johannesburg and Peach from Durban having chart success and releasing critically acclaimed albums.

Although it has traditionally had the alternative names Persian lynx, Egyptian lynx and African lynx, it is no longer considered to be an actual lynx.

To reduce its carbon footprint, Sappi is increasingly using alternative energy sources, such as powering operations at several South African mills using biomass recovered from wood and bark waste instead of coal.

South African comedy often comprises racial or stereo-type based humour, alternative comedy in South Africa tends to avoid such subject matter.

Johannesburg remains the home of South African alternative.

It was founded in 1960 as an alternative to Jomo Kenyatta's Kenya African National Union ( KANU ).

The National Association of Real Estate Brokers ( NAREB ) was founded in 1947 as an alternative for African Americans who were excluded from the dominant NAR.

Several alternative etymologies exist that hold that the Arab form may disguise a loanword from an Ethiopian or African source, suggesting Kaffa, the highland in southwestern Ethiopia as one, since the plant is indigenous to that area.

* An alternative nickname of the African Wood White butterfly ( Leptosia alcesta ).

* The Magnificent Seven, an alternative nickname to the Unsinkable Seven, the seven survivors of the 1963 and 1968 East African Safari Rally