Independent vs. Libertarian

Independentadjective

Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.

Independentadjective

(politics) Not affiliated with any political party.

Independentadjective

Providing a comfortable livelihood.

Independentadjective

Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.

Independentadjective

Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.

Independentnoun

A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.

Independentnoun

A neutral or uncommitted person.

Independentnoun

(sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Independentadjective

Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.

Independentadjective

Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.

Independentadjective

Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.

Independentadjective

Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.

Independentadjective

Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.

Independentadjective

Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.

Independentadjective

Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; - said of quantities or functions.

Independentadjective

Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.

Independentnoun

One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.

Independentnoun

One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.

Independentnoun

a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

Independentnoun

a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

Independentadjective

free from external control and constraint;

Independentadjective

not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else

Independentadjective

of political bodies;

Independentadjective

not contingent

Independentadjective

of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

Independentadjective

not controlled by a party or interest group

Libertariannoun

One who advocates liberty, either generally or in relation to a specific issue.

Libertariannoun

A believer in a political doctrine that emphasizes individual liberty and a lack of governmental regulation, intervention, and oversight both in matters of the economy (‘free market’) and in personal behavior where no one’s rights are being violated or threatened; also, a ‘classical liberal’, akin to an ‘anarcho-capitalist’.

Libertariannoun

A left-libertarian, an antiauthoritarian believer in both individual freedom and social justice (social equality and mutual aid), such as a social anarchist.

Libertariannoun

(philosophy) A believer in the freedom of the thinking beings to choose their own destiny, i.e. a believer in free will as opposed to those who believe the future is predetermined.

Libertarianadjective

Having the beliefs of libertarians; having a relative tendency towards liberty.

Libertarianadjective

(dated) Relating to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

Libertarianadjective

Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

Libertariannoun

One who holds to the doctrine of free will.

Libertariannoun

someone who believes the doctrine of free will

Libertariannoun

an adherent of libertarianism

Libertariannoun

a person who advocates civil liberty.

Libertariannoun

a person who believes in free will.