manifesto

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a public written declaration of the principles, policies, aims, or intentions of a political party, government, or movement

   The party's manifesto promised constitutional reform and stronger labor protections.

2. 2
   noun

   a forceful public statement setting out the beliefs or goals of an artist, group, or individual

   The architects published a manifesto calling for simpler and more humane cities.

Borrowed in the seventeenth century from Italian manifesto ("public declaration"), from manifestare ("to make public"), ultimately from Latin manifestus ("clear, evident"). The Italian noun supplied the specialized sense of a published statement of aims.

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