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| 1. | [ adjective ] free from external control and constraint | |
| Examples: | "an independent mind" "a series of independent judgments" "fiercely independent individualism" "an independent republic" |
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| Related terms: | dependent individual self-sufficient on_one's_own autonomous indie breakaway autarkic self-supporting single-handed commutative strong-minded unaffiliated free-living free-living unconditional autonomous free separate independence | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else | |
| Related terms: | absolute | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of political bodies | |
| Synonyms: | sovereign self-governing autonomous | |
| Examples: | "an autonomous judiciary" "a sovereign state" |
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| Related terms: | free | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not contingent | |
| Related terms: | unconditional | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (politics) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | |
| Synonyms: | fencesitter mugwump | |
| Related terms: | individualist politics | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (politics) not controlled by a party or interest group | |
| Related terms: | nonpartisan | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (grammar) of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | |
| Synonyms: | main | |
| Examples: | "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" |
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| Related terms: | dependent grammar | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (work) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | |
| Synonyms: | self-employed_person freelance | |
| Related terms: | worker | |
| Similar spelling: |
independently independency independence inadvertent inadvertence inadvertently inadvertency indebted |
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