itsenäisemmistä

Itsenäisemmistä is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective itsenäisempi, meaning “more independent.” It is used when referring to a group described as more independent and the noun it modifies is plural. In practice, itsenäisemmistä often appears in sentences with a plural noun in cases such as the elative (from the more independent ones) or other plural cases, for example when discussing subsets of a larger group.

The form expresses a higher degree of independence than another referenced group. It is common in descriptive or analytical Finnish, including academic or policy writing, where groups or options are compared in terms of autonomy, initiative, or self-direction. For instance, phrases like näistä itsenäisemmistä ryhmistä (from these more independent groups) or itsenäisemmistä ihmisistä (from the more independent people) illustrate its use to identify a subgroup distinguished by greater independence.

Related forms include itsenäisempi (the comparative singular), itsenäisemmät (the nominative plural), and itsenäisimmät (the superlative). The root word is itsenäinen, meaning independent, with the suffixes -empi (comparative) and plural/case endings attached to express number and grammatical relation. Itsenäisemmistä is thus part of a broader system of comparison in Finnish adjective declension.