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independent

/,ɪndɪ'pɛndənt/

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adjective
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
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"the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

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main

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dependent
adjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
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autonomous self-governing sovereign free
noun
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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fencesitter mugwump

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individualist
noun
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
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free-lance free lance freelance freelancer self-employed person

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worker
adjective
free from external control and constraint
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"an independent mind" "a series of independent judgments" "fiercely independent individualism"

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free-living indie individual item-by-item nonparasitic unconditional autarkic autarkical autonomous breakaway case-by-case commutative fissiparous separatist single-handed strong-minded unaffiliated nonsymbiotic self-directed self-reliant self-sufficient self-sufficing self-supporting self-sustaining

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dependent
adjective
not controlled by a party or interest group
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nonpartisan nonpartizan

Examples of independent

"the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
"an independent mind"
"a series of independent judgments"
"fiercely independent individualism"