Independent

Independent or Independents may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Artist groups

• 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

Music

Groups, labels, and genres

• Independent music, number of genres associated with independent labels
• Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label

Albums

• Independent (Ai album), a 2012 album by Ai, a Japanese/American R&B musician
• Independent (Faze album), a 2006 album by Faze, a Nigerian R&B musician
• Independent (Sacred Reich album), a 1993 album by Sacred Reich, a thrash metal band from Arizona, USA

Songs

• "Independent" (song), 2007 song by Webbie
• "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki

News and media organizations

• 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

Periodicals

• 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
• 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

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Independent bookstore, bookstore that is not part of a chain
• Independent film, film produced by a small movie studio
• 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

Mathematics, probability theory and statistics

• 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

Military

• 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

Politics and religion

• 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
• 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

Sports

• 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:

• NCAA Division I FBS independent schools, for football
• NCAA Division I FCS independent schools, for football
• NCAA Division I independent schools (baseball)
• NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
• NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
• NCAA Division I independent schools (soccer)
• NCAA Division II independent schools, for all sports
• NCAA Division III independent schools, for all sports
• NCAA independent schools (lacrosse), for all divisions
• NAIA independent schools, for all sports

Other uses

• 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
• Vickers A1E1 Independent, British multi-turreted tank designed during the Interwar period

See also

• Independence (disambiguation)
• Independent Township (disambiguation)
• Independente (disambiguation)
• Indie (disambiguation)
• Indie culture, artistic creations outside the commercial mainstream
  • Indie comics, also called alternative comics
  • Indie game, video games that are created independently of the financial backing of a large publishing company
• Interdependence
• L'Indépendant (disambiguation)
• The Independent (disambiguation)
• The Indypendent, a newspaper of the New York City Independent Media Center
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