independent
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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Sense 2 adjective
free from external control and constraint
an independent mind
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Sense 3 noun
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
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Sense 4 adjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
an autonomous judiciary
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Sense 5 adjective
(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
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Sense 6 adjective
not controlled by a party or interest group
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | political science |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | individualist |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | free |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | separate |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | dependent |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | independence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | independence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | autarkic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-directed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | autonomous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | breakaway |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | commutative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | free-living |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | indie |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | case-by-case |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-sufficient |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-supporting |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | single-handed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | strong-minded |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unaffiliated |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unconditional |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | freelance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberty |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | independence |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | free |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | subordinate |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | grammar |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | independence |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonpartisan |