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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," is oldest, dating to the 14th century. Both manifest and manifesto derive ultimately from the Latin noun manus ("hand") and -festus, a combining form of uncertain meaning that is also found in the Latin adjective infestus ("hostile"), an ancestor of the English infest. 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 well-known 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.
Examples of manifesto in a Sentence
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
The chancellor addressed speculation that the governing Labour Party will break its manifesto pledge not to raise taxes for working people — but would not be drawn into giving a definitive answer on whether tax rises were on the cards.
—Ian King, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The Department of War declared the manifesto classified, and the investigation was turned over to the federal government, the report said.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The manifesto will be published in early 2026 by Harvest, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Four authors quit Rowling’s literary agency In the fallout from Rowling’s TERF manifesto, several authors represented by her literary agency took a stand against the writer by quitting.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
Anti-corruption pledges are ubiquitous in political party manifestos, but no election cycle in India is considered complete unless news emerges of parties financing their campaigns illegally.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Within a few years, bean-to-bar became something of a manifesto and spread throughout Europe and the United States, giving rise to artisanal chocolatiers.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
The site has a long series of articles and manifestos explaining their reasoning.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Manifesto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifesto. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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