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manifesto

UK/ˌmæn.ɪˈfɛs.təʊ/US/ˌmæn.əˈfɛs.toʊ/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,451 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: manifestos

A manifesto is the written promises a party stands on. The party manifesto, a manifesto pledge, launch the manifesto.

In British politics it matters constitutionally: the Salisbury convention holds that the House of Lords will not block a manifesto commitment, so what is written in one carries real weight. Manifestos are also written by artistic movements and by individuals. Note the plural manifestos or manifestoes; and that the Italian means something made public.

Definitions of manifesto

  1. 1nounmanifestoThe written promises a party stands on.B2+

    “The party's manifesto promised free school meals for every child.”

manifesto is a public declaration.

Where it comes from

Italian manifesto comes from Latin manifestus, plainly visible, probably from manus, hand. To manifest is to make plain, and a manifesto is a thing made plain.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *(s)meh₂-

  2. Latin

    manifestō — to make public

  3. Italian

    manifesto

  4. English, today

    manifesto

Since the mid 17th century, from Italian manifesto, from manifestare + -o, from Latin manifestō (“to make public”), from Latin manus + an uncertain second element. a doublet of manifest.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Politics & Society

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manifesto in the wild

  • A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government.

    Manifesto

  • Published amid the Revolutions of 1848 in Europe, the manifesto has become one of the world's most influential political documents.

    The Communist Manifesto

  • In the United Kingdom and certain other countries, the party platform is referred to as the party's "manifesto" or political programme.

    Political platform

  • The manifesto contains election pledges, or election promises.

    Political platform

  • SCUM Manifesto is a manifesto by American radical feminist writer Valerie Solanas which was first self-published in 1967.

    SCUM Manifesto

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.