faith-based

adjective

based on religious faith

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Meanings

adjectivefaith-based (comparative more faith-based, superlative most faith-based)

comparative more faith-based · superlative most faith-based

  1. religious studieslifestylebased on religious faith

    […] a self-confidence which stems from faith in the Buddha and His power. By this faith-based confidence they cure themselves.

    1982, Melford E. Spiro, Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes
  2. USeuphemisticof civic associations connected with religious groups, specifically of such organizations sponsored by government funds

    You are requesting a $2,100,000 increase for a "Faith Based and Community Initiatives," for a total of $37,432,000 […]. What distinguishes these projects from faith-based initiatives of the Employment and Training Administration?

    2006, Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations

Origin

From faith + based. The political sense emerged from the 1970s to the 1980s. The term "faith-based organization" dates from 1971.http://books.google.com/books?id=yXLwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22faith-based+organizations%22&dq=%22faith-based+organizations%22&hl=en&ei=zaFrTPbWLcuMOOKMja0B&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg

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faith-based. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faith-based

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“faith-based.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faith-based. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faith-based,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faith-based.

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