manifesto

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

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Examples: manifesto in a Sentence

Editor's Note: manifesto Has Latin Roots

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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Examples of manifesto in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of manifesto from the Web

Theresa May, the prime minister, and her ruling Conservative Party made a manifesto promise in 2017 to fold the SFO into the National Crime Agency, which activists and lawyers say would be a big step backward.

— The Economist, "European firms are increasingly tackling the scourge of bribery," 26 May 2018
Savage shouts himself into a frenzy over the surging instruments, a blue-collar political manifesto disguised as a frat-boy party on a drunken Sunday afternoon spent watching professional football.

— greg kot, chicagotribune.com, "Parquet Courts merges protest, tenderness," 25 May 2018
Conte did his legal work pro bono, his family revealed earlier this week after the newspaper Il manifesto wrote about Conte’s role.

— luca tancredi barone, Science | AAAS, "Italy’s new prime minister defended discredited stem cell therapy," 24 May 2018
The opposition coalition’s election manifesto pledged to reopen 1MDB investigations within 100 days of taking office.

— bradley hope, WSJ, "Inside Najib’s Circle, Shock and Bewilderment at Malaysia’s Era-Ending Election," 10 May 2018
One of the promises in the opposition’s manifesto is term limits.

— laignee barron / langkawi, Time, "Could Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad Become the World’s Oldest Leader? He Speaks to TIME About What Sparked His Political Comeback," 8 May 2018
Northern California police are on the hunt for a man suspected of burglarizing his parents’ home Wednesday night, before disappearing and leaving behind an alarming 20-page manifesto.

— jared gilmour, sacbee, "Man vanished with parents’ guns. He left a chilling ‘manifesto’ of death threats, San Jose police say | The Sacramento Bee," 5 Apr. 2018
The Teveses also asked the media not to publish or broadcast self-serving materials produced by the perpetrators like manifestos or social media postings.

— jaclyn schildkraut, Vox, "The media should stop making school shooters famous," 31 Mar. 2018
On the surface, these metal manifestos deliver what Priest fans crave -- impassioned vocals, soaring guitars, thundering rhythms -- but when one delves deeper, the lyrics speak to how Halford views the state of the world.

— bryan reesman, Billboard, "Judas Priest Talk Upcoming Album 'Firepower' and How the Band Is Like 'Star Wars': 'We're Always Battling Against Evil'," 20 Feb. 2018

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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.