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independent
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Adjective
  • not controlled by a party or interest group
  • (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
    • the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
  • (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
    • an autonomous judiciary
    • a sovereign state
  • free from external control and constraint
    • an independent mind
    • a series of independent judgments
    • fiercely independent individualism
Noun
  • a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
  • a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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