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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
Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Westman described their battle with mental health and suicidal thoughts in their manifesto.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Search warrants are being carried out at different locations and investigators are combing through Westman’s YouTube videos, as well as a written manifesto.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
While framed as a technological roadmap, the manifesto doubles as an unintentional and necessary blueprint for how modern organizations must evolve.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
And what started as a case study ended up really being an independent film that was also a manifesto for Fantasy, in a way.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
The pair allegedly wrote a manifesto about their plan to steal Carturan's cryptocurrency, prosecutors said.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Abundance is the liberal response to Marc Andreessen’s Time to Build Covid-era manifesto decrying shortages of masks and vaccines.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Beginning during the Bosnian War in 1995, in the midst of a near four-year siege on Sarajevo, the festival’s manifesto has been to not only position itself as the biggest showcase of Southeast European cinema but to also rejuvenate a city that had been isolated from the rest of the world.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Manifesto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifesto. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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