independent spirit

collocation in English

meaningsofindependentandspirit

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independent
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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spirit
noun
uk
/ˈspɪr.ɪt/us
/ˈspɪr.ət/
a particular way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, especially a way that is typical of a particular group of people, an activity, a time, or ...
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(Definition ofindependentandspiritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindependent spirit

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We respect their pride andindependentspirit.
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She has a warm heart and anindependentspirit.
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The owners, too, have a vigorous andindependentspiritand.
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We are encouraged to operate in anindependentspirit.
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The constituency has a long tradition ofindependentspirit.
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Without theindependentspirit, technology merely reproduces things that are amusing, and saddening, reflections of the thinking and souls of their users.
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He was a man of striking personality and ofindependentspirit.
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I believe that maintains theindependentspiritof the people of this country.
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We know theindependentspiritwhich exists among many old people.
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Therefore, it is all the more important that they should be trained with a strong,independentspirit.
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However, his interests, including flying, skiing and music, indicate to me that he is a true andindependentspirit.
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I should not like to say whether that was encouragement or discouragement, but he showed anindependentspirit.
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We are a very obedient party, though that does not necessarily mean that we do not show anindependentspirit.
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We are all justly proud of our fishermen and our fishing fleet, of their robust andindependentspirit.
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It was typical of the man'sindependentspirit.
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Political protest was essential to theindependentspirit.
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Our powers are to be curtailed, but if we exercise those limited powers in anyindependentspiritat all they are to be further curtailed.
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He is remembered as a bright light ofindependentspiritin a sea of corporate ownership.
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It has a fiercelyindependentspiritand always maintained a quality of independence and individual identity.
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Their traditions have persevered because of theirindependentspiritas well as their geographical isolation.
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We in these areas have always been credited in the past with anindependentspirit; we paddle our own canoe, and we have got along all right.
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The more we talk aboutindependentspirit, the more we shall convince people that they are entitled to be independent and to suffer for that attitude.
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This shows just thatindependentspiritwhich enabled them during their working lifetime to accrue benefit from a free market economy in the way we are talking about.
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They helped to curb theindependentspiritof the nobility, imposing order on them at court and in the army.
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On a business level the trio maintained anindependentspiritand musically they stayed singularly focused on producing quality music.
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