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candidacy

candidacy

122 4.4
Trying to be chosen for a job or elected office
  • noun
  • /ˈkændɪdəsi/
translation icon : candidatura
  • Tomorrow, I will officially announce my candidacy for President of the United States.
  • announce candidacy
  • presidential candidacy
  • candidacy for president

What makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means?

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Examples

  • A year and a half ago I was there in Albany, GA when Stacey Abrams declared her candidacy for governor.

  • You must continue with your candidacy, Aldo.

  • And what are you going to do with this candidacy to help achieve this?

  • What went wrong with the Democratic Party candidacy or campaign?

  • I have made no decision to run for Congress, announced no candidacy.

  • And then two years later, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States.

  • Are you going to announce your candidacy for governor?

  • The rising price of television air time has caused the cost of political candidacy to spiral.

    Academic text (1993)
  • To announce, not only my candidacy for mayor, but also the creation of the Gotham Renewal Fund.

  • I am excited to announce my candidacy for the city council next year.

Synonyms

nomination
vscandidacy
734 3.3

A formal choice of someone to be a candidate for a job or award

is the ongoing status of running for a post rather than the naming act
candidature
vscandidacy
  • UK
7.2

Being a person who runs for a job or elected office and the time they campaign

is the general state of being a contender without stressing campaign time

Compounds

7.2

A law that lets a person run in an election

How Competitive

front runner
16 3.5
candidacy
122 4.4

Surface Forms

candidacy singular
candidacies plural

Morphology

candidacy = candidate (transparent) = candidate + acy

Formed by the noun 'candidate' plus the noun-forming suffix '-acy', giving the state or condition of being a candidate.

Etymology

The word candidacy comes from the old Latin word candidus, which means 'white'. In ancient Rome people running for office wore white to show they were honest. So the word candidate (and the English word candid) links 'white' with being honest, and candidacy means the state of being a candidate.