different between independency vs independent

English

Etymology

independent +? -cy

Noun

independency (countable and uncountable, plural independencies)

1. (obsolete) Independence.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 19:

     All young creatures, thought I, more or less, covet independency […].

   • 1776 August 11, William Howe and Richard Howe, letter sent from North America to Europe with a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence:

     A printed copy of this Declaration of Independency came accidentally to our hands a few days after the dispatch of the Mercury packet, and we have the honor to enclose it.

   • 1860 William Makepeace Thackeray, Lovel, the Widower, Chapter 1:

     I found myself in possession of a small independency

2. An independent territory or state.

English

Etymology

From French indépendant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nd??p?nd?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?de?pend?ent

Adjective

independent (comparative more independent, superlative most independent)

1. Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
2. (politics) Not affiliated with any political party.

   the independent candidate

3. Providing a comfortable livelihood.

   an independent property

4. Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.

   a man of an independent mind

5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
   • R. P. Ward

     That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.

Synonyms

• autonomous
• free
• self-standing

Antonyms

• contingent
• dependent

Hyponyms

• language-independent
• order-independent
• redshift-independent
• system-dependent

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

independent (plural independents)

1. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
2. A neutral or uncommitted person.
3. (sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Translations

References

• independent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• independent in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• independent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

independent (masculine and feminine plural independents)

1. independent

   Antonym: dependent

Derived terms

Related terms

• independència

Further reading

• “independent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “independent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “independent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “independent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

independent m (feminine singular independenta, masculine plural independents, feminine plural independentas)

1. independent

   Antonym: dependent

Derived terms

Related terms

• independéncia

Romanian

Etymology

From French indépendant

Adjective

independent m or n (feminine singular independent?, masculine plural independen?i, feminine and neuter plural independente)

1. independent, self-sufficient

Declension