Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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autonomous | No | Yes | No | No |
independent | Yes | Yes | No | No |
autonomous (noun) | independent (noun) |
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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) |
autonomous (adjective) | independent (adjective) |
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(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | free from external control and constraint |
(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence |
existing as an independent entity | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces |
not controlled by a party or interest group |