noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially that of a political party.

   "the Communist Manifesto"

2. 2
   a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To issue a manifesto. intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

affidavitaffirmaffirmanceaffirmationallegationallege

Example

More examples

"I'm going to allow my words to be the manifesto of my life."

Etymology

Since the mid 17th century, from Italian manifesto, from manifestare, from Latin manifestō (“to make public”). Doublet of manifest.

Related phrases

mini-manifesto

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