Manifesto

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Manifesto \Man`i*fes"to\, n.; pl. {Manifestoes}. [It. manifesto.
     See {Manifest}, n. & a.]
     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. --Bouvier.
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           it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth
           the grounds and motives of our taking arms. --Addison.
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           Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the
           Empire against the insolent pretensions of the pope.
                                                    --Milman.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  manifesto
       n : a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political
           party or government) [syn: {pronunciamento}]
       [also: {manifestoes} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "manifesto":
     affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement,
     annunciation, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment,
     avowal, bulletin board, circular, communique, conclusion, creed,
     declaration, deposition, dictum, edict, encyclical, enunciation,
     ipse dixit, notice, notification, position, position paper,
     positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation,
     profession, program, programma, pronouncement, pronunciamento,
     proposition, protest, report, say, say-so, saying,
     solemn declaration, stance, stand, statement, statement of belief,
     ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, word
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MANIFESTO. A solemn declaration, by the constituted authorities of a nation, 
  which contains the reasons for its public acts towards another. 
       2. On the declaration of war, a manifesto is usually issued in which 
  the nation declaring the war, states the reasons for so doing. Vattel, liv. 
  3, c. 4, Sec. 64; Wolff, Sec. 1187. See Anti-Manifesto.