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a person promising change while perfectly preserving the system that made them promise it
means a person who is seeking or being considered for a position, office, prize, or membership — someone formally in the running.
from From Latin candidatus, meaning 'clothed in white.' In ancient Rome, those running for office wore a toga rubbed bright with chalk — a candida toga, dazzlingly white — to signal their purity and worthiness to the crowd. The same root, candidus ('shining white'), also gives us 'candid' and 'candle.' So every candidate is, etymologically, a person performing spotlessness.
- latin roots
- named for the white toga Roman office-seekers wore
- meaning shift
- candidatus meant shining white, source of candid
- chemistry
- that white toga was bleached with chalk
- job version
- only word that means hopeful and disposable at once
joe biden — 2024 u.s. presidential candidate who won the democratic nomination
donald trump — 2024 u.s. presidential candidate and republican nominee
kamala harris — 2024 u.s. vice president and democratic presidential candidate