About The Word Boycott
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Boycott
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What's The Definition Of Boycott?
[n] a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
[v] refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with Synonyms | Synonyms for Boycott: Related Terms | Find terms related to Boycott: avoid | ban | banish | banishment | bar | barring | beef | bitch | blackball | blacklist | blockade | boggle | boycottage | call in question | challenge | circumscription | complain | complaint | compunction | cry out against | debarment | debarring | demarcation | demonstrate | demonstrate against | demonstration | demur | demurrer | disfellowship | dispute | embargo | enter a protest | eschew | exception | exclusion | expostulate | expostulation | go on strike | go out | grievance | grievance committee | hold out | holler | howl | inadmissibility | indignation meeting | injunction | job action | kick | lock out | lockout | march | narrowing | nonadmission | nonviolent protest | object | objection | omission | ostracism | ostracization | ostracize | outlaw | outlaw strike | pass by | pass over | picket | picketing | preclusion | press objections | prohibition | proscribe | proscription | protest | protest demonstration | protestation | qualm | raise a howl | rally | refuse | reject | rejection | relegation | remonstrance | remonstrate | remonstration | repudiation | restriction | revolt | rulebook slowdown | scruple | shun | shut it down | sick-in | sit down | sit in | sit-down | sit-down strike | sit-in | slow down | slowdown | squawk | state a grievance | strike | sympathy strike | taboo | teach in | teach-in | tie-up | turnout | walk out | walkout | wildcat strike | work stoppage | yell bloody murder See Also | dissent | objection | ostracise | ostracize | protest Boycott In Webster's Dictionary \Boy"cott`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boycotted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Boycotting}.] [From Captain Boycott, a land agent in
Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880.]
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.
\Boy"cott\, n. 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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