manifesto

noun man·i·fes·to \ ˌma-nə-ˈfes-(ˌ)tō \

Definition of manifesto

plural manifestos or manifestoes

:a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer

The group's manifesto focused on helping the poor and stopping violence.

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The group's manifesto focused on helping the poor and stopping violence.

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As a former employee at Google’s Mountain View campus in California, Damore may try to find protection under California’s law because his manifesto addresses Google’s potential political bias.

— jack greiner, Cincinnati.com, "Greiner: “OK, Google, search free speech at work.”," 30 Aug. 2017
For Murphy, that episode is specifically about the female rage, then and now, which ties into Solanas’ SCUM manifesto.

— darren franich, PEOPLE.com, "American Horror Story: Cult," 26 Aug. 2017
Google found itself at the epicenter of controversy this month after a 10-page anti-diversity manifesto written by one of its employees, which had circulated internally at the company, went viral.

— maya kosoff, The Hive, "The Fired Google Engineer Has Hired a G.O.P. Lawyer," 24 Aug. 2017
Today While the organizations that cropped up throughout history — and over the weekend — all have different goals and manifestos, there are certain aspects that tie them together.

— allie gross, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan has long been fertile ground for the far right," 17 Aug. 2017
The reopening of the debate is welcome, since the hard exit proposed in Mrs May’s rejected manifesto would have been needlessly damaging.

— The Economist, "Britain faces up to Brexit," 22 July 2017
His work culminated in Charter 08, a sweeping, pro-democracy manifesto that landed him in prison for the last time.

— harrison smith, Washington Post, "Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate imprisoned in China, dies at 61," 13 July 2017
The Conservative government had sought to address the burden of pension commitments in its election manifesto, with a plan to decouple annual rises in pensions from inflation from 2020.

— charlotte ryan, Bloomberg.com, "Pension Deficits Fall as BOE Hints at Future Interest-Rate Hikes," 2 July 2017
The proprietors of Smoque have done just that, issuing a manifesto that records some of these rules while also explaining to Midwesterners unfamiliar with real barbecue exactly why following those rules produces such delicious results.

— andy staples, SI.com, "Where to eat, drink in Chicago," 30 June 2017

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manifesto Has Latin Roots

Manifesto is related to manifest, which occurs in English as a noun, verb, and adjective. Of these, the adjective, which means "readily perceived by the senses" or "easily recognized," is oldest, dating to the 14th century. Both manifest and manifesto derive ultimately from the Latin noun manus ("hand") and -festus, a combining form that is related to the Latin adjective infestus, meaning "hostile." Something that is manifest is easy to perceive or recognize, and a manifesto is a statement in which someone makes his or her intentions or views easy for people to ascertain. Perhaps the most famous statement of this sort is the Communist Manifesto, written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to outline the platform of the Communist League.

Origin and Etymology of manifesto

Italian, denunciation, manifest, from manifestare to manifest, from Latin, from manifestus

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