candidature

Other forms: candidatures

Definitions of candidature

1. noun

   the state of being officially considered for a position, award, degree, or elected office
   synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign

   types:

   front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigning

   a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel

   hustings

   the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)

   whispering campaign

   the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate

   stumping

   campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches)

   type of:

   campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement

   a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end