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Definition of Candidacy
1. Noun. The campaign of a candidate to be elected.
Terms within: Whistle-stop Tour
Generic synonyms: Campaign, Cause, Crusade, Drive, Effort, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Front-porch Campaign, Front-porch Campaigning, Hustings, Whispering Campaign, Stumping
Derivative terms: Electioneer
Definition of Candidacy
1. n. The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.
Definition of Candidacy
1. Noun. the state, or act of being a candidate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Candidacy
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Candidacy
Literary usage of Candidacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe by David Jayne Hill (1914)
"The candidacy of the young electoral prince for the throne Conditions of Spain
... There had been an influential party at Madrid in candidacy favor of it, ..."
2. Making Woodrow Wilson President by William Frank McCombs, Louis Jay Lang (1921)
"THE COLONEL CEASES TO SUPPORT GOVERNOR'S candidacy'— ... Colonel Watterson had
been supporting Mr. Wilson's candidacy. In addition to his political feeling ..."
3. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"Talk of Grant for President for a Third Term — His Triumphal Return from a Trip
Around the World—The candidacy of Mr. Blaine and Myself— Many of My ..."
4. Europe Since 1815 by Charles Downer Hazen (1910)
"The Spanish candidacy of Leopold of Hohen- zollern. sent to the extension of the
Confederation to include the South German states. ..."
5. Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay Whitney (1907)
"ANNOUNCEMENT OF His candidacy FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE. ABOUT MARCH i,.
Fellow-Citizens: I presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. ..."
6. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1918)
"STATEMENT OF CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION, candidacy, AND DEGREES IN THE GRADUATE
DIVISION GRADUATE COURSES Advanced instruction, leading to the several degrees ..."
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