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Manifesto Has Latin Roots
Manifesto is related to manifest, which occurs in English as a noun, verb, and adjective. Of these, the adjective, which means "readily perceived by the senses," is oldest, dating to the 14th century. Both manifest and manifesto derive ultimately from the Latin noun manus ("hand") and -festus, a combining form of uncertain meaning that is also found in the Latin adjective infestus ("hostile"), an ancestor of the English infest. Something that is manifest is easy to perceive or recognize, and a manifesto is a statement in which someone makes his or her intentions or views easy for people to ascertain. Perhaps the most well-known statement of this sort is the Communist Manifesto, written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to outline the platform of the Communist League.
Examples of manifesto in a Sentence
Jeremy Harlan, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
War requires sustained and directed violence at one group of people who have been deemed worthy of death and this requires speeches, manifestos, and yes, even books.
—Ocean Vuong
june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
That motivation matches a manifesto signed by an Elias Rodriguez and posted on X about an hour after the shooting, before authorities had named a suspect.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Design as Resistance: Intentionality in Every Detail True to Barnett’s multidisciplinary ethos, Crafted Kinship is a visual manifesto.
—Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Here’s the manifesto in its entirety Dogma 25 is a collective of filmmakers founded in Copenhagen in the spring of 2025.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 17 May 2025
This has changed since the last general election, with mayor Andy Street losing to Labour candidate Parker, who pledged to redevelop Witton Station in his manifesto.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 2 May 2025
He has been linked to a 900-word manifesto Read more.
—Hannah Parry
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
So Far Obscure philosophies The manifesto’s author pulled together various references to obscure philosophies in order to flesh out his ideas, indicating a mindset shaped by a confused amalgamation of toxic and despairing internet subcultures.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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“Manifesto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifesto. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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