boycott
See also: Boycott
English edit
Etymology edit
From Charles Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. For the surname see Boycott.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪkɒt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪkɑt/
Verb edit
boycott (third-person singular simple present boycotts, present participle boycotting, simple past and past participle boycotted)
- To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
- 2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect[1], number Fall 2019:
- Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a tactic).
Synonyms edit
- blackball, blacklist, embargo; see also Thesaurus:boycott
Antonyms edit
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Descendants edit
- → Chinese: 杯葛
- → Czech: bojkotovat
- → French: boycotter
- → German: boykottieren
- → Italian: boicottare
- → Maltese: bbojkottja
- → Polish: bojkotować
- → Portuguese: boicotar
Translations edit
to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest
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Noun edit
boycott (plural boycotts)
- The act of boycotting.
- 1969 December 19, John Chamberlain, “The Boycott is a Boomerang”, in Meriden Journal:
- [W]hat has been the actual effects of the [UFW grape] boycott? As far as one can judge, it has cut down on the grape sales in a few big city outlets. But going into its second year, the boycott is losing steam. The middle class doesn't care.
- 2013 December 23, Heidi Tinsman, Buying into the Regime: Grapes and Consumption in Cold War Chile and the United States, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 20:
- UFW and Chile solidarity boycotts of grapes had very little contact with one another, despite the extensive connections between California and Chilean fruit industries.
- 2018 January 31, Sunaina Maira, Boycott!: The Academy and Justice for Palestine, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 36:
- Labor movements are a primary arena in which the boycott has been used, most notably in the grape boycott from 1965 to 1978. The boycott has a long tradition in the United States that can be traced back to the Boston Tea Party, a boycott of English tea by settlers in the North American colonies. It is noteworthy that consumer boycotts can be used not only in the progressive spirit of social justice but also in the service of economic nationalism; for example, the various "Buy American" campaigns[.]
Synonyms edit
- embargo, taboo; see also Thesaurus:sanction
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the act of boycotting
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Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English boycott.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boycott m (plural boycotts)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “boycott”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.