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独立 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • absolute adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
  • independence noun Freedom from control, influence, or support by others.
  • independent adj Not controlled or influenced by others; self-governing or self-sufficient.
  • independently adv In a way that does not depend on or is not influenced by someone or something else.
  • sovereign adjective Having supreme power or independent authority.

Senses

独立 is used for these senses in English:

  • absolute (especially, philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. [first attested in the late 1700s]
  • independent Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
  • independently In an independent manner.
  • sovereign Exercising power of rule.

absolute — full definition

  1. adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
  2. adj Measured independently, without reference to anything else for comparison.
  3. noun Something that exists as a fixed, unconditional truth or standard.

independence — full definition

  1. noun Freedom from control, influence, or support by others.
  2. noun The state of having enough resources to support oneself without relying on others.

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