independent
nounid
2836·updated May 12, 2026candidate
Free from external control and constraint or influence of another.
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Requirement0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
—80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- synonym
- fencesitterfree lancefree-lancefreelancefreelancermugwumpself-employed person
- alternatephrasing
- Independent
- plural
- independents
- possessive
- independent's
- pluralpossessive
- independents'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Free from external control and constraint or influence of another.
- §1
- a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- §2
- a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Free from external control and constraint or influence of another.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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