Independent Explained

Independent or Independents may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
Independents (Oporto artist group), a Portuguese artist group historically linked to abstract art and to Fernando Lanhas, the central figure of Portuguese abstractionism

The Independent, a British online newspaper.
The Malta Independent, a Maltese newspaper and online newspaper
Independent Online (South Africa), a news and information website based in South Africa, owned by Sekunjalo Investments since 2013
Independent News & Media, the largest publisher of print material in South Africa and owner of Independent Online until 2013
Independent Media Center (also known as Indymedia or IMC), an open publishing network of journalist collectives that report on political and social issues, e.g., in The Indypendent newspaper of NYC
ITV (TV network) (Independent Television), a British television channel

Grand Island Independent, a newspaper published in Grand Island, Nebraska
Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent
Irish Independent, newspaper
Long Beach Independent, a morning edition newspaper published in Long Beach, California
Marshall Independent, a daily newspaper published in Marshall, Minnesota
San Francisco Independent, formerly the largest non-daily U.S. newspaper
Santa Barbara Independent, a news, arts, and alternative newspaper published every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, United States

Independents (film), a 2008 American documentary
Independent bookstore, bookstore that is not part of a chain
Independent film, film produced by a small movie studio
Independent media, media that is free of influence by government or corporate interests
Independent publisher, small press not associated with a major publisher
Independent radio, radio stations independent of government or conglomerate interference
Independent sources, in journalism, two or more sources which attest to a given piece of information
Independent station, television or radio station that is not affiliated with any network

Dependent and independent variables, the argument of a mathematical function
Independent, in Independence (probability theory), a variable whose occurrence does not affect the probability of occurrence of another
Independence (mathematical logic), unprovability of a sentence (e.g. the Parallel postulate) from other sentences (e.g. the remaining Euclidean geometry axioms)

Independent Company, a World War II British unit
Independent Highland Companies, units of Scottish Highlanders in the 17th and 18th centuries
Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies of the American Civil War
Norwegian Independent Company 1, a World War II Norwegian unit
British Army Independent Companies of Foot, British units in the French and Indian Wars
Vickers A1E1 Independent, British multi-turreted tank designed during the Interwar period

Independent city, city that does not form part of another local government entity
Independent politician, not affiliated with any political party
Independent voter, not a member of any political party
Independent voting movement (U.S.), not affiliated with any political party
Independents (political party), a political party in the Czech Republic

Independent (religion), name for supporters of a disestablished Protestant church during the English Civil War, closely identified with support for the English Commonwealth, of which Oliver Cromwell is best known
Independent church, or non-denominational church, a church unaffiliated with a denominational organization
Union of Welsh Independents, Congregationlist denomination in Wales

Independent circuit, professional wrestling shows not associated with the major wrestling promotions

In U.S. college sports, schools that are not members of an NCAA or NAIA athletic conference, including:

Independent Institute, an American libertarian think tank
Dependent and independent verb forms in Goidelic languages
Independent business, privately owned companies
Independent clothes store, boutique not associated with the larger retailers
Independent contractor, organisation or individual which provides goods or services under terms specified in a contract
Independent school, school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation
Independent Truck Company, an American skateboarding brand