Individuality vs Independent - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The characteristics which contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.
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, chapter=6 (countable) A person.
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not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
* R. P. Ward
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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As nouns the difference between individuality and independent
is that individuality is (uncountable) the characteristics which contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity while independent is a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.As an adjective independent is
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.individuality
English
Noun
citation, passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- 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.