Usually means: Aligned with one's core beliefs.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word based:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. based: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. -based, based: Collins English Dictionary
  3. based: Vocabulary.com
  4. Based, based: Wordnik
  5. -based, based: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. based: Wiktionary
  7. -based: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Based, based: Dictionary.com
  9. based: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Based: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Based: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. based: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. based: Rhymezone
  14. Based: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. based: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. based: Free Dictionary
  17. based: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. based: Dictionary/thesaurus
  19. based: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. based: Legal dictionary
  2. based: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. based: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. based: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. based: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. based: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Based: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
verb:  simple past and past participle of base
verb:  Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).
verb:  Having a base.
verb:  Having a base of operations.
adjective:  (slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
adjective:  (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if the thing that is considered "praiseworthy" is unpopular or controversial.
adjective:  (Internet slang, originally 4chan) Admirable for rejecting political correctness or socially progressive values.

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