MANIFESTO DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
manifesto n 1: a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) [syn: manifesto, pronunciamento] manifesto 1644, from It. manifesto "public declaration explaining past actions and announcing the motive for forthcoming ones," originally "proof," from L. manifestus (see manifest). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) manifesto I. noun (plural -tos or -toes) Etymology: Italian, denunciation, manifest, from manifestare to manifest, from Latin, from manifestus Date: 1620 a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer II. intransitive verb Date: 1748 to issue a manifesto Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary manifesto (manifestos, or manifestoes) A manifesto is a statement published by a person or group of people, especially a political party, or a government, in which they say what their aims and policies are. The Tories are currently drawing up their election manifesto... N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with poss English Explanatory Dictionary manifesto ˌmænɪˈfestəu n. (pl. -os) a public declaration of policy and aims esp. issued before an election by a political party, candidate, government, etc. [It. f. manifestare f. L (as MANIFEST(1))] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Manifesto \Man`i*fes"to\, n.; pl. Manifestoes. [It. manifesto. See Manifest, n. & a.] A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives. --Bouvier. it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth the grounds and motives of our taking arms. --Addison. Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the Empire against the insolent pretensions of the pope. --Milman. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms manifesto n. Declaration (of a sovereign or a government), manifest, public protestation. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 53 Moby Thesaurus words for "manifesto": affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, bulletin board, circular, communique, conclusion, creed, declaration, deposition, dictum, edict, encyclical, enunciation, ipse dixit, notice, notification, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, program, programma, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, report, say, say-so, saying, solemn declaration, stance, stand, statement, statement of belief, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, word |
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