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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
William Hartung, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
The manifesto cites White supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology, repeats tropes and rails against a cross-section of groups — religious, ethnic, women and LGBTQ+ communities.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
The gunmen left behind a 75-page manifesto that preached hate, anti-Islam ideology, antisemitism and promoted violence.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
Patrick Ta‘s eponymous beauty brand is something of a makeup manifesto.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Charli first teased the new song in a Substack on Monday, posting what appeared to be either lyrics or a fashion-capsule manifesto.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 May 2026
Remily was only able to share a few details of the investigation but confirmed investigators had recovered a manifesto that the FBI is analyzing.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2026
The ideas that Barlow’s manifesto expressed prevailed in courts and Congress immediately.
—Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Nestled between the layers is a genuinely heartfelt story that blooms from beneath all the aesthetic and verbal vulgarity, thus making innate, and intuitive, his ongoing, ever-evolving manifesto on the state of things.
—Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
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“Manifesto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifesto. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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