In-de-pend-ent

In·de·pend·ent [ ìndə péndənt ]

by Sarah

Today, we are called to remember not only the day our country was born – we are also called to remember the indomitable spirit of the first American citizens who made that day possible.


We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it. And on this July 4th, we need to summon that spirit once more. We need to summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago today.

- Obama's Independence Day Address

Dictionary Definition:

1. not controlled by another: in politics, free from the authority, control, or domination of somebody or something else, especially not controlled by another state or organization and able to self-govern
2. able to function by self: able to operate alone because not dependent on somebody or something else
Each wheel has an independent suspension system.
3. self-supporting: not forced to rely on another for money or support
financially independent
4. showing confidence in self: capable of thinking or acting without consultation with or guidance from others
an independent thinker
5. done without obstruction: carried out or operating without interference or influence from interested parties
an independent investigation
6. sufficient to live on: providing the means on which to live without having to work
independent means
7. politics not affiliated to political party: not belonging to, representing, or supporting any political party
8. mathematics not solvable using solution to another: describes a system of equations in which no single equation is necessarily solved using a solution to the others
9. statistics not affecting other variables: in statistics, distributed in such a way that the value taken on by one variable leaves all others unaffected
10. logic not dependent on axiom or proposition: not proved from another logical axiom or proposition

noun (plural in·de·pend·ents)

1. somebody or something unaffected by others: somebody or something that is free from control, dependence, or interference
2. politics somebody politically unaffiliated: a politician or voter who is not a member, representative, or supporter of any political party

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