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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
based (comparative more based, superlative most based)
- Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
- That was a soundly based argument.
Hyponyms
founded on; having a basis in
- biobased
- bio-based
- broad-based
- carbon-based
- character-based
- class-based
- coal-based
- computer-based
- computerbased
- e-based
- event-based
- faith-based
- geobased
- holy based
- landbased
- magnetism-based interaction capture
- merit-based
- need-based
- object-based
- paper-based
- plant-based
- prototype-based
- rail-based
- rangebased
- reality-based
- rebased
- role-based
- rule-based
- sea-based
- silicon-based
- spacebased
- space-based
- stack-based
- textbased
- text-based
- tick-based
- tilebased
- time-based
- turn-based
- vegetable-based
- waterbased
- water-based
- webbased
- zero-based
Derived terms
Translations
founded on
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Verb
based
- simple past and past participle of base
- Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).
- It's a new film based on a best-selling novel.
- Having a base.
- The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.
- Having a base of operations.
- The company is based in New York.
- Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).
Etymology 2
A reference to freebase cocaine, via basehead. Coined by American rapper from California (born 1989) Lil B to describe his lifestyle.
Adjective
based (comparative more based, superlative most based)
- (slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
- Synonym: maverick
- 2010 June 10, Lil B, Complex.com:
- Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. […] Based is positive.
- 2012 April 12, Duncan Cooper, “Based Scripture: The Full Transcript of Lil B’s Lecture at NYU”, in The Fader:
- You have to work as a human with empathy and love in your heart, staying positive and staying based and staying normal.
- (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if the thing that is considered "praiseworthy" is unpopular or controversial.
- 2023 August 9, human1011, Hot Takes on Languages! #linguistics:
- I hate l'Académie Française, but their spelling reforms are kind of based.
- 2024 June 7, Eric Parker, Connecting North Korea's Windows XP Clone to the Internet:
- I officially approve of North Korea. This is... this is incredibly based.
- (Internet slang, originally 4chan) Admirable for rejecting liberalism or socially progressive values.
- 2019, Kira Stalker, "The Fracturing of the Alt Right: Conflicting Online Discourses Of White Nationalist Communities", thesis submitted to George Mason University, page 139:
- Those who are against Trump are not based at all. On February 16th, The Donald users comment on a “based” post in r/DankMemes which uses a classic Squidward sleeping meme to criticize those who are upset by Chris Pratt going to “church” (one which was purportedly anti-LGBT) but “ok” with sex predators in Hollywood: […]
- 2019, anonymous, quoted in Cathrine Thorleifsson, "From cyberfascism to terrorism: On 4chan/pol/ culture and the transnational production of memetic violence", Nations and Nationalism, Volume 28, Issue 1, page 293:
- His [Brenton Tarrant's] meme-themed shooting greatly represents the spirit of the aussie people, in the sense of shitposting until their last moment, based and redpilled he is.
- 2020, David Rubin, Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason, unnumbered page:
- Then, in the same month, noted feminist Christina Hoff Sommers was branded “white supremacy-adjacent” by feminist Roxane Gay. Her reasoning? That our beloved “Based Mom” once appeared at an event with Milo Yiannopoulos and didn't disavow him enough.
- 2019, Kira Stalker, "The Fracturing of the Alt Right: Conflicting Online Discourses Of White Nationalist Communities", thesis submitted to George Mason University, page 139:
Usage notes
- The term is formerly associated primarily with the alt right, but is currently used colloquially by non-alt right individuals, mostly without any political implications, although it might have political implications for certain individuals.
Translations
not caring what others think about oneself
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Interjection
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