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Definition of Manifesto
1. Noun. A public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government).
Category relationships: Administration, Governance, Governing, Government, Government Activity
Generic synonyms: Declaration
Specialized synonyms: Communist Manifesto
Definition of Manifesto
1. n. 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.
Definition of Manifesto
1. Noun. A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially that of a political party ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To issue a manifesto ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manifesto
1. [n -TOS, -TOES] / [v -TOED, -TOING or -TOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manifesto
Literary usage of Manifesto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"The manifesto, in the abstract, may recommend itself to all sections of the Liberal
... The Hawarden manifesto, therefore, may be accepted as a makeshift ..."
2. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"The discomfited commissioners finally published an elaborate manifesto, ...
A stop was put to the attempt to circulate this manifesto under flags of truce, ..."
3. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"manifesto setting forth the reasons which impelled him to abjure the ...
That tyrant, said the manifesto manifesto, had seized upon land belonging to ..."
4. A History of the American People by Woodrow Wilson (1918)
"THE OSTEND manifesto, 1854 This noteworthy state paper was inspired by President
Pierce. The United States in 1848 had offered Spain ..."
5. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1922)
"... That it is the sense of this meeting that a manifesto be prepared, issued and
circulated, setting forth the reasons for our opposition to the pending ..."
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