1. прилагательное 1) политически независимый, обладающий самоуправлением, автономный Например: independent state — независимое государство Синоним(ы): self-governing, autonomous 2) финансово независимый, имеющий самостоятельный доход 3) независимый, свободный Например: independent action — независимая деятельность independent investigation — независимое расследование independent research — независимое исследование independent journalist — независимый журналист 4) не зависящий (от кого-либо / чего-либо / какого-либо влияния), не связанный (с кем-либо / чем-либо) Например: A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society. — Ценность человека не зависит от его полезности для общества. 5) непредубеждённый, имеющий независимое, свободное мнение Синоним(ы): unprejudiced, unbiased 6) [математика] независимый (о переменной) 2. имя существительное [политика] 1) независимый политический деятель 2) (Independent) [историческое] индепендент, конгрегационалист (представитель направления в кальвинизме, возникшего в Англии в 16 в. и стремившегося к полной автономности религиозных общин)
независимый
1) независимый; самостоятельный; автономный 2) объективный
I. adjective 1. not dependent: as a. (1) not subject to control by others; self-governing (2) not affiliated with a larger controlling unit Example: an independent bookstore b. (1) not requiring or relying on something else; not contingent Example: an independent conclusion (2) not looking to others for one's opinions or for guidance in conduct (3) not bound by or committed to a political party c. (1) not requiring or relying on others (as for care or livelihood) Example: independent of her parents (2) being enough to free one from the necessity of working for a living Example: a person of independent means d. showing a desire for freedom Example: an independent manner e. (1) not determined by or capable of being deduced or derived from or expressed in terms of members (as axioms or equations) of the set under consideration; especially having linear independence Example: an independent set of vectors (2) having the property that the joint probability (as of events or samples) or the joint probability density function (as of random variables) equals the product of the probabilities or probability density functions of separate occurrence 2. capitalized of or relating to the Independents 3. a. main 5 Example: an independent clause b. neither deducible from nor incompatible with another statement Example: independent postulates Synonyms: see free • independently adverb II. noun 1. capitalized a sectarian of an English religious movement for congregational autonomy originating in the late 16th century, giving rise to Congregationalists, Baptists, and Friends, and forming one of the major political groupings of the period of Cromwell 2. one that is independent; especially often capitalized one that is not bound by or definitively committed to a political party