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Synonyms

• mugwump someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884 ; a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
• fencesitter a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

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• freelancer a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
• freelance work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer ; a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them ; working for yourself ; serving for wages in a foreign army
• free-lance a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them ; working for yourself ; serving for wages in a foreign army
• free lance a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
• self-employed person a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

• “an independent mind“
• “a series of independent judgments“
• “fiercely independent individualism“

• “an autonomous judiciary“
• “a sovereign state“

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• autonomous (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; existing as an independent entity; (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
• self-governing (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
• sovereign a nation’s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right ; (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; greatest in status or authority or power

• “the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb“

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• main(a)