manifesto

[ man-uh-fes-toh ]

noun

, plural man·i·fes·toes.

1. a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
2. a mission statement or other document written and disseminated by an individual or group to enumerate or expound the guiding principles and beliefs that inform their actions:

   The mail bomber submitted his 35,000-word manifesto to two major national news publications.

manifesto

/ ˌmænɪˈfɛstəʊ /

noun

1. a public declaration of intent, policy, aims, etc, as issued by a political party, government, or movement

Other Words From

• coun·ter·man·i·fes·to noun plural countermanifestoes

Word History and Origins

Origin of manifesto¹

First recorded in 1640–50; from Italian; manifest (adjective)

Word History and Origins

Origin of manifesto¹

C17: from Italian, from manifestare to manifest

Example Sentences

By some accounts, he wanted a snack, but after briefly going into the store filled with Hispanic shoppers, he returned to his car, posted a vitriolic 2,400-word manifesto to the extremist social media site 8chan and got the gun.

From Salon

In his manifesto, which he titled “The Inconvenient Truth” — a seeming nod to Al Gore’s documentary about the climate crisis — he wrote that “water sheds around the country, especially in agricultural areas, are being depleted.”

From Salon

Crusius’ manifesto was striking because he considered the crushing squeeze of environmental degradation — the very changes that would be amplified by climate change — on communities, but from the opposite perspective.

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Crusius’ manifesto, though, wasn’t just evidence of that shift.

From Salon

The more I studied Crusius’ manifesto, the more I realized that I was also reading the imprints of a ghost, the ghost of John Tanton.

From Salon

Related Words

• platform
• proclamation