Definition of candidacy Candidacy

/kæˈndɪdʌsi/ - [kandidusee] - can•di•da•cy

We found 5 definitions of candidacy from 5 different sources.

What does candidacy mean?

Noun
candidacy - the campaign of a candidate to be elected
		campaigning, candidature, electioneering, political campaign
		crusade, campaign, effort, cause, movement, drive any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
		whistle-stop tour a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited; "in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours"
		front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigning a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel; "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"; "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign"
		hustings the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)
		whispering campaign the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate