Manifesto

{{Short description|Published declaration of principles and intentions}}

{{For2|the set of goals published by a political party|Party platform|other uses}}

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A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government.[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifesto Merriam-Webster online dictionary definition of Manifesto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808022742/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifesto |date=August 8, 2012}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.seophonist-wahl.de/ |title=SEOphonist | die SEOphonisten Wahl 2013 |access-date=2013-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912054800/http://www.seophonist-wahl.de/ |archive-date=September 12, 2013 |language=de}}, article on "Wahlprogramm", literally "election programme".[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/manifesto Dictionary.com definition of Manifesto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806095123/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/manifesto |date=August 6, 2012}}.

David Robertson, The Routledge Dictionary of Politics, Edition 3, Psychology Press, 1890 [https://books.google.com/books?id=WcIkEz3a4nIC&pg=PA295 p. 295] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425013939/https://books.google.com/books?id=WcIkEz3a4nIC&pg=PA295 |date=April 25, 2016}}, {{ISBN|0415323770}}, 9780415323772 A manifesto can accept a previously published opinion or public consensus, but many prominent manifestos—such as The Communist Manifesto (1848) and those of various artistic movements—reject accepted knowledge in favor of a new idea.{{Cite book |last=Fahs |first=Breanne |title=Burn it Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution |publisher=Verso |year=2020 |isbn=9781788735407 |pages=3–7 |language=en}} Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds or confessions of faith.