manifesto
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a written statement where a group or person explains what they believe and what they plan to do.
a public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, typically issued by a political party or an ideological movement.
Simple“The political party released its manifesto two weeks before the election.”
In context“The party's election manifesto outlined a radical shift in economic policy, promising significant investment in renewable energy and public infrastructure.”
UsageOften used with the verbs 'issue', 'publish', or 'release'.
Synonyms
“Burnham has said his government will stick to the party's 2024 manifesto pledges not to increase people's income tax, VAT or National Insurance contributions.”
“Labour's manifesto pledge was to not increase taxes for working people — including income tax, VAT and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) - which Burnham has said he will uphold.”
Since the mid 17th century, from Italian manifesto, from manifestare, from Latin manifestō (“to make public”). Doublet of manifest.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.