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Independent   /ˌɪndɪpˈɛndənt/   Listen
Independent

adjective
1.
Free from external control and constraint.  "A series of independent judgments" , "Fiercely independent individualism"  Antonym: dependent.
2.
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces.  Synonyms: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign.  "A sovereign state"
3.
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence.  Synonym: main.  Antonym: dependent.
4.
Not controlled by a party or interest group.
noun
1.
A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics).  Synonyms: fencesitter, mugwump.
2.
A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them.  Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelance, freelancer, self-employed person.



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"Independent" Quotes from Famous Books



... migrate willingly, but are subsequently trafficked into involuntary servitude as domestic workers and laborers; the problem of trafficking of foreign children as camel jockeys was thoroughly addressed by government action in 2005, but independent confirmation of the problem's complete elimination is not yet available tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Qatar has made noticeable progress in rescuing and repatriating child camel jockeys, establishing a shelter for abused domestic workers, and creating ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... an instinct sheathed itself in her face. "But it is much better than it was, really. He is hardly ever troublesome now. He understands. And he teaches me a great deal more than I can tell you. You know," she asserted, with the effect of taking an independent view, "as an artist he has my ...
— Hilda - A Story of Calcutta • Sara Jeannette Duncan
... you might question his veracity; but you could not say the thing admitted no evidence, because it was contrary to the law and usual course of nature; for the law of nature formed to yourself from your own experience and reasoning is quite independent of the matter of fact which the man testifies: and whenever you see facts yourself, which contradict your notions of the law of nature, you admit the facts, because you believe yourself; when you do not admit like facts upon the evidence ...
— The Trial of the Witnessses of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ • Thomas Sherlock
... signs may be understood without being identical with any before seen. The entribal as well as intertribal exercise of Indians for generations in gesture language has naturally produced great skill both in expression and reception, so as to render them measurably independent of any prior mutual understanding, or what in a system of signals is called preconcert. Two accomplished army signalists can, after sufficient trial, communicate without having any code in common between them, ...
— Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes • Garrick Mallery
... one of human frailty, and is soon told. His mother had been extremely beautiful, his father the possessor of a small independent fortune. They had lived happily together many years, and she had brought him five children; four girls and this boy. I have heard that the father doted with no common passion—in a husband, Catherine—upon ...
— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. • Various


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