manifesto
Use Manifesto in a sentence
əˈfɛs noun, plural man·i·fes·toes.
a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
Related forms
coun·ter·man·i·fes·to, noun, plural coun·ter·man·i·fes·toes.
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| —n , pl -tos, -toes | |
| a public declaration of intent, policy, aims, etc, as issued by a political party, government, or movement | |
| [C17: from Italian, from manifestare to | |
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Manifesto
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Word Origin & History
manifesto
1644, from It. manifesto "public declaration explaining past actions and announcing the motive for forthcoming ones," originally "proof," from L. manifestus (see manifest).
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Example sentences
It is also, self-evidently, a distant dream rather than a manifesto for practical politics.
Yet this manifesto is less fantastic than some books thick with academic learning.
They had made a magazine in the form of a manifesto.
It was not intended, but was generally taken to be, the manifesto of a party.
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