based

Adjective

 * 1) Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

Translations

 * Danish: baseret
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: bazita
 * Finnish:, -varainen
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, -παγής
 * Latin: fundatus
 * Macedonian: основан
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,

Verb

 * 1) Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).
 * It's a new film based on a best-selling novel.
 * 1) Having a base.
 * The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.
 * 1) Having a base of operations.
 * The company is based in New York.
 * The company is based in New York.

Etymology 2
A reference to cocaine, via. to describe his lifestyle.

Adjective

 * 1)  Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
 * 2)  ; praiseworthy, especially if the thing that is considered "praiseworthy" is unpopular or controversial.
 * 3)   for rejecting liberalism or socially progressive values.
 * 4) * 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:
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1)   for rejecting liberalism or socially progressive values.
 * 2) * 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:
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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:
 * 1) * 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.
 * 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.

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

 * Bulgarian:, бейсд,
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 * Galician: baseado
 * Hungarian: bázisolt
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: базиран, заснован, затемелен
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 * Serbo-Croatian:, , zasnovano
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: bêsd


 * Ancient Greek: ἀρετή
 * Bulgarian:, бейсд
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:, based
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: