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boycott en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. The act of boycotting.
   • 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[.] 2018 January 31, Sunaina Maira, Boycott!: The Academy and Justice for Palestine, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 36:
   • [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. 1969 December 19, John Chamberlain, “The Boycott is a Boomerang”, in Meriden Journal:
   • UFW and Chile solidarity boycotts of grapes had very little contact with one another, despite the extensive connections between California and Chilean fruit industries. 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:

Forms

Deriveds

counterboycott · sex boycott · antiboycott · boycottism · procott

Synonyms

embargo · taboo

Translations (77)

sh бо̀јкот (the act of boycotting) · km ពហិការ (the act of boycotting) · pt boicote (the act of boycotting) · acw مُقاطَعة (the act of boycotting) · ga baghcat (the act of boycotting) · el αποκλεισμός (the act of boycotting) · oc boicòt (the act of boycotting) · ur مُقاطَعَہ (the act of boycotting) · fy boykot (the act of boycotting) · fr boycott (the act of boycotting) · ka ბოიკოტი (the act of boycotting) · he חֵרֶם (the act of boycotting) · th การคว่ำบาตร (the act of boycotting) · mk бојкот (the act of boycotting) · tg бойкутт (the act of boycotting) · sq bojkotim (the act of boycotting) · ko 보이콧 (the act of boycotting) · nl boycot (the act of boycotting) · lt boikotas (the act of boycotting) · hi बहिष्कार (the act of boycotting) · cs bojkot (the act of boycotting) · tl boykot (the act of boycotting) · ur بائی کاٹ (the act of boycotting) · fi boikotti (the act of boycotting) · tk boýkot (the act of boycotting) · bn বর্জন (the act of boycotting) · uz boykot (the act of boycotting) · ky бойкот (the act of boycotting) · sl bojkot (the act of boycotting) · sv bojkott (the act of boycotting) · lv boikots (the act of boycotting) · el μποϊκοτάζ (the act of boycotting) · io boikoto (the act of boycotting) · yue 杯葛 (the act of boycotting) · mi paparenga (the act of boycotting) · mn бойкот (the act of boycotting) · fa-ira تَحْریم (the act of boycotting) · co boicottaghju (the act of boycotting) · gu બહિષ્કાર (the act of boycotting) · tg бойкот (the act of boycotting) · hy բոյկոտ (the act of boycotting) · fr boycottage (the act of boycotting) · cmn 抵制 (the act of boycotting) · mr बहिष्कार (the act of boycotting) · ru бойко́т (the act of boycotting) · ms boikot (the act of boycotting) · sk bojkot (the act of boycotting) · sh bòjkot (the act of boycotting) · bg бойкот (the act of boycotting) · et boikott (the act of boycotting) · da boykot (the act of boycotting) · hu bojkott (the act of boycotting) · ca boicot (the act of boycotting) · th คว่ำบาตร (the act of boycotting) · cmn 杯葛 (the act of boycotting) · nb boikott (the act of boycotting) · vi sự tẩy chay (the act of boycotting) · id boikot (the act of boycotting) · ja ボイコット (the act of boycotting) · it boicottaggio (the act of boycotting) · az boykot (the act of boycotting) · gl boicot (the act of boycotting) · es boicot (the act of boycotting) · tg таҳрим (the act of boycotting) · be байко́т (the act of boycotting) · tr boykot (the act of boycotting) · es boicotín (the act of boycotting) · mt bojkott (the act of boycotting) · ro boicot (the act of boycotting) · kk бойкот (the act of boycotting) · ar مُقَاطَعَة (the act of boycotting) · es boicoteo (the act of boycotting) · fa-ira بایکوت (the act of boycotting) · pl bojkot (the act of boycotting) · ms pemboikotan (the act of boycotting) · de Boykott (the act of boycotting) · uk бойко́т (the act of boycotting)

wikipedia: Charles Boycott

boycott en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
   • Consumers are using boycotts as a tool to call corporations out for their support of Israel’s war on Gaza. Some companies have seen their sales decline as consumers continue to boycott them for their association with Israel. 2023 December 14, Al Jazeera, Are the boycotts against Israel making an impact?, number Israel-Gaza war aftermath:
   • There is probably not a citizen in the United States who wears a hat that has not heard of John Stetson, and does not know that the Stetson hat is one of if not the best made. For some cause the Knights [of Labor] have boycotted the Stetson hats, and have notified all dealers that if they sell them they also will be boycotted. 1886 April 1, “Knights of Labor”, in Railway Conductors' Monthly, volume 3, number 4, Chicago, page 214:
   • But even if you weren't boycotting the film on the basis of its disgraceful necrobestiality theme, boycotting it on the basis of its vampires is reason enough. 2012, Charlie Brooker, I Can Make You Hate:
   • Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers. 1998 July 3, James Brooke, “Anti-Government Freemen Are Found Guilty of Fraud”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Aug 2012:
   • 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). 2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect, number Fall 2019:

Forms

Antonyms

favour · procott · buycott · endorse

Deriveds

boycottage · boycottee · buycott · unboycotted · boycotter · sex boycott · boycottworthy · secondary boycott · boycottable · nonboycotted · girlcott

Descendants

bojkotovat · boycotter · 杯葛 · bbojkottja · bojkotować · boykottieren · boicotar · boicottare

Hypernyms

ignore · abstain · protest

Hyponyms

girlcott · embargo

Relateds

shun · ostracization · prohibit · ostracize · sanction · repudiate

Synonyms

boycott · blackball · embargo · blacklist · cancel · black

Translations (58)

cs bojkotovat (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · hu bojkottál (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · th คว่ำบาตร (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · pt boicotar (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · fi boikotoida (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · lv boikotēt (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · gl boicotear (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · sv bojkotta (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · is sniðganga (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · sq bojkotoj (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · br boikotiñ (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ro boicota (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · es boicotizar (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · pl zbojkotować (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · pl bojkotować (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · sh bojkotírati (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · he הֶחְרִים (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · fr boycotter (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · uk бойкотува́ти (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · cmn 杯葛 (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · vi tẩy chay (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · es boicotear (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · eo bojkoti (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · cmn 抵制 (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · io boikotar (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · mi papare (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · et boikoteerima (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · sk bojkotovať (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · it boicottare (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · de boykottieren (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · mk бојкоти́ра (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · hy բոյկոտել (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ur مُقاطَعَہ کَرْنا (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · id memboikot (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ja ボイコットする (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · fa-ira تَحْریم کَرْدَن (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · acw قَاطَع (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · nl boycotten (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · lt boikotuoti (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · lo ຄວ່ຳບາດ (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · da boykotte (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · bg бойкотирам (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · sh бојкоти́рати (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · nb boikotte (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ms memboikot (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · be байкатава́ць (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ka ბოიკოტირებას უწევს (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · mr बहिष्कार टाकणे (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · mt bbojkottja (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · yue 杯葛 (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ko 보이콧하다 (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ar قَاطَعَ (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · hi बहिष्कार करना (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · he הֶחֱרִים (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ru бойкоти́ровать (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ga baghcatáil (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · ca boicotejar (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) · sl bojkotirati (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest)

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