Definitions for boycott
ˈbɔɪ kɒtboy·cott

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. boycottverb

   a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies

2. boycottverb

   refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. boycottnoun

   The act of boycotting

2. boycottverb

   To abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

3. Etymology: From Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.

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1. Boycott

   A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict some economic loss on the target, or to indicate a moral outrage, to try to compel the target to alter an objectionable behavior. The word is named after Captain Charles Boycott, agent of an absentee landlord in Ireland, against whom the tactic was successfully employed after a suggestion by Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell and his Irish Land League in 1880. Sometimes, a boycott can be a form of consumer activism, sometimes called moral purchasing. When a similar practice is legislated by a national government, it is known as a sanction. Frequently, however, the threat of boycotting a business is an empty threat, with no significant effect on sales.

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1. boycott

   A boycott is a form of protest in which individuals, groups, or businesses refuse to engage in certain activities, purchase products or services, or deal with specific companies, government entities, or individuals as a means of expressing disapproval or seeking to bring about change. This can be done for a variety of reasons, such as political disputes, social issues, environmental concerns, or other contentious matters.

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1. Boycottverb

   to combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott

2. Boycottnoun

   the process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion

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1. Boycott

   A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for social or political reasons. Sometimes, it can be a form of consumer activism.

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1. Boycott

   boy′kot, v.t. to shut out from all social and commercial intercourse—a kind of secular excommunication. [From Captain Boycott of County Mayo, who was so treated by his neighbours in Dec. 1880.]

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1. Boycott

   To ostracise a man. This word came into use in 1881, after Captain Boycott of Lough Mark Farm, co. Mayo, was cut off from all social and commercial intercourse with his neighbours for the crime of being an Irish landlord.

Matched Categories

1. • Ostracize

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How to say boycott in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of boycott in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of boycott in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of boycott in a Sentence

1. Muhammad Azril Maridzuan:

   Don't make it such an issue that we have to boycott a company because of one small statement.

2. Paul Simon:

   They were completely disingenuous about it, first of all, we didn't break any boycott. There was no rule about recording with black South African musicians. In fact, the whole purpose of the boycott was the antithesis of what we did.Simon with the South African musician Joseph Shabalala, founder of the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, with whom Simon collaborated on.

3. Dan Brockett:

   The banks executed a group boycott to prevent exchanges that offer all-to-all trading, their complaint seems entirely consistent with ours.

4. Joul Elias:

   This is an attempt to boycott the body that actively tries to erase our Palestinian identity.

5. Lisa Osborne Ross:

   Consumers, customers and employees will buy or boycott based on how they feel about your actions, the counsel we've given clients throughout the summer and that we are giving clients right now on this issue is,' Silence is not an option.'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=boycott
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boycott
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boycott
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=boycott
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=boycott
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=boycott
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=boycott