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