A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially of a political nature.
intr.v., -toed, -to·ing, -toes.To issue such a declaration.
[Italian, from Latin manifestus, clear, evident. See manifest.]
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A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially of a political nature.
intr.v., -toed, -to·ing, -toes.To issue such a declaration.
[Italian, from Latin manifestus, clear, evident. See manifest.]
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A document in which a political party sets out the programme it proposes to follow if returned to office. The document may reflect compromises between different party groupings, rather than an agreed programme of action.
— Wyn Grant
A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions. Manifestos are often political in nature.
In some parliamentary democracies, political parties prepare electoral manifestos which set out both their strategic direction and outlines of prospective legislation should they win sufficient support in an election to serve in government. Legislative proposals which are featured in the manifesto of a party which has won an election are often regarded as having superior legitimacy to other measures which a governing party may introduce for consideration by the legislature. Although, in recent decades the status of electoral manifestos in the UK has diminished somewhat due to a significant tendency for winning parties to, following the election, either ignore, indefinitely delay, or even outright reject manifesto policies which were popular with the public.
The presidential democracy equivalent is the party platform.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - politisk programerklæring, manifest, proklamation
v. intr. - udstede en erklæring, manifest, proklamation
Nederlands (Dutch)
manifest, een manifest uitgeven
Français (French)
n. - manifeste, programme
v. intr. - publier un manifeste
Deutsch (German)
n. - Willens-/Absichtserklärung, Manifest
v. - ein Manifest bekanntmachen, ein Manifest herausgeben
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (δημόσια) διακήρυξη, μανιφέστο
Italiano (Italian)
manifesto, proclama
Português (Portuguese)
n. - manifesto (m), proclamação (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - manifiesto, proclama
v. intr. - proclamar, hacer un manifiesto
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - manifest, upprop
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
宣言, 声明, 发表宣言
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 宣言, 聲明
v. intr. - 發表宣言
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 선언서
v. intr. - 성명서를 발표하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宣言書
v. - 宣言書を発する
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بيان, بلاغ منشور
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גילוי-דעת, הצהרה, מינשר, מניפסט
v. intr. - פרסם מינשר, גילוי-דעת וכו'
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