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  1. faith-basedadjective

    based 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)

  2. Etymology: faith+based. The political sense emerges in the 1970s to 1980s.

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  1. Faith-based

    The term faith-based is a neologism, mostly current in American English, to describe any organization or government idea or plan based on religious beliefs, specifically Christian beliefs. The term commonly refers to associated organizations such as Catholic Charities. Such "faith-based organizations" typically deliver a variety of services to the public, such as caring for the infirm and elderly, advocating justice for the oppressed and playing a major role as NGO's in humanitarian aid and international development efforts.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of faith-based in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of faith-based in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of faith-based in a Sentence

  1. Tyler Smith:

    Aaron and Melissa will continue to work to ensure that every American has the First Amendment right to express their faith-based beliefs, and to conduct their daily affairs according to their conscience.

  2. Johnnie Moore:

    It is written to ensure that people of all faiths will have equal access, people in the Trump administration really do have a conviction that private charities, churches and other faith-based groups do really effective work and we ought to be doing everything in our power to reduce the barrier to entry so they can participate in government programs.

  3. Seema Yasmin:

    One of the things that annoys me about public health is when we have a one-size-fits-all message for everyone :' Just go get vaccinated, it's safe,' in reality, you speak to six people on the fence about vaccines... you can hear six very different reasons -- historical, geographical, cultural, faith-based reasons -- as to why they may not be very confident about getting vaccinated.

  4. Mimi Kiser:

    Faith-based settings, they do tend to be sources of trusted information, and so when public health can align with those sources of trust in community-based efforts, it strengthens disease prevention and health promotion activities.

  5. James Whitfield:

    They want to disrupt and destroy public schools, because they would much rather have schools that are faith-based, we know what has happened over the course of history in our country, and if we can't teach that, then what do you want me to do?


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