Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Independent; from outside the mainstream.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn independent publisher. · A work released by an independent publisher. · A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic. · A person who listens to indie music and follows indie fashion.
From independent, by shortening, + -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that.
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