Words / C1

man-i-FEST-oh/ˌmænɪˈfestəʊ/

A manifesto is a public written statement of aims and policies: an election manifesto, a party manifesto. A policy is the content; a slogan is thinner; a protocol is operational. Do not treat a manifesto line as a funded rota.

Meaning

A public written statement of a person or group’s aims and policies.

Examples

• “The manifesto promised spare invigilators; the budget did not.”
• “A brochure sells. A protocol tells you how. A manifesto declares what a group says it will do. A tweet is not a manifesto. Promises still need a line in the accounts.”

Good to know

A public policy declaration. Contrast: slogan (thin); protocol (how). A manifesto line is not a staffed shift.

Near in meaning

policy

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