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adjective
1.
not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
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not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: an independent businessman.
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not influenced by the thought or action of others: independent research.
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not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc.
5.
EXPANDnot relying on another or others for aid or support.
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rejecting others' aid or support; refusing to be under obligation to others.
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possessing a competency: to be financially independent.
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sufficient to support a person without his having to work: an independent income.
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executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.; external: an independent inquiry.
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working for oneself or for a small, privately owned business.
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expressive of a spirit of independence; self-confident; unconstrained: a free and independent citizen.
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free from party commitments in voting: the independent voter.
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Mathematics. (of a quantity or function) not depending upon another for its value.
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Logic.
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(of a set of propositions) having no one proposition deducible from the others.
b.
(of a proposition) belonging to such a set.
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Statistics. statistically independent.
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COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. of or pertaining to the Independents.
noun
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an independent person or thing.
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a small, privately owned business: The conglomerates are buying up the independents.
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Politics. a person who votes for candidates, measures, etc., in accordance with his or her own judgment and without regard to the endorsement of, or the positions taken by, any party.
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(initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. an adherent of Independency.
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British. a Congregationalist.
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independent of, irrespective of; regardless of: Independent of monetary considerations, it was a promising position.
Related forms
in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
non·in·de·pend·ent, adjective
non·in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
pre·in·de·pend·ent, adjective
pre·in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
EXPANDpseu·do·in·de·pend·ent, adjective
pseu·do·in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
qua·si-in·de·pend·ent, adjective
qua·si-in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
su·per·in·de·pend·ent, adjective
su·per·in·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
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independent
1610s, from in- "not" + dependent (q.v.). Fr. independant is attested from c.1600; It. independente from 1590s. Noun meaning "person not acting as part of a political party" is from 1808.
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Independents
any of the English Christians in the 16th and 17th centuries who wished to separate from the Church of England and form independent local churches. They were eventually called Congregationalists. Separatists were most influential politically in England during the time of the Commonwealth (1649-60) under Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector, who was himself a Separatist. Subsequently, they survived repression and gradually became an important religious minority in England.
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