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Autonomous

Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

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Free 84% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Free 84% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Independent 84% connected

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

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Independent 84% connected

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

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Autonomy 74% connected

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

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Autonomy 74% connected

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

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Independent 92% connected

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

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Self-reliant 92% connected

Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.

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Sovereign 92% connected

Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.

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a group of people having approximately the same age

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a group of people having approximately the same age

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Cohort noun · 78% connection

a group of people having approximately the same age

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Control noun · 78% connection

(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired…

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Cross-sectional adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to a cross section; "a cross-sectional slice"

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Data-based adjective · 78% connection

relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

held from above and hanging down; "a pendant bunch of grapes"

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Design noun · 78% connection

the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instru…

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Enquiry noun · 78% connection

a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

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Experiment noun · 78% connection

a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"

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relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"

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a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenome…

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Longitudinal adjective · 78% connection

over an extended time; "a longitudinal study of twins"

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relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"

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Pendant adjective · 78% connection

held from above and hanging down; "a pendant bunch of grapes"

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Abandon verb · 78% connection

Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.

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Ascetic noun · 78% connection

In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…

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Autocracy noun · 78% connection

Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.

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Boast verb · 78% connection

To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belong…

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Communalism noun · 78% connection

A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederat…

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Confidence noun · 78% connection

The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as l…

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Corroborate verb · 78% connection

To confirm a claim using evidence from another source.

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Democracy noun · 78% connection

Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exe…

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Dominion noun · 78% connection

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty…

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Egotism noun · 78% connection

The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; th…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Fission noun · 78% connection

A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradua…

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Horse power unknown · 78% connection

A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines…

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Humble superl. · 78% connection

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or u…

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Incur verb · 78% connection

To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to…

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Independence noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistenc…

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Individual noun · 78% connection

An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.

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Judiciary noun · 78% connection

That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectiv…

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