indie
indie Lexical Profile
indie Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Not belonging to or affiliated with a major commercial record label, film studio, or publishing company; produced independently.
"The festival showcases dozens of indie filmmakers from around the world."
• noun
Pop or rock music produced independently from major commercial record labels, or a musical genre characterized by a do-it-yourself, alternative aesthetic.
"She spent her college years listening to British indie and local garage bands."
A smaller, privately owned film studio, record label, or video game developer that operates without the financial backing of a major conglomerate, or a creative work produced by one.
"The low-budget comedy became one of the highest-grossing indies of the decade."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 20th century as an informal shortening of 'independent' combined with the diminutive suffix '-ie', originally referring to independent film companies operating outside the Hollywood studio system before expanding to music and video games in the late 1970s and 1980s.