Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, dealing with, or participating in as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.
- noun The act or an instance of boycotting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An organized attempt to coerce a person or party into compliance with some demand, by combining to abstain, and compel others to abstain, from having any business or social relations with him or it; an organized persecution of a person or company, as a means of coercion or intimidation, or of retaliation for some act, or refusal to act in a particular way.
- To combine in refusing to work for, buy from, sell to, give assistance to, or have any kind of dealings with, and
- in preventing others from working for, buying from, selling to, assisting, or having any kind of dealings with (a person or company), on account of political or other differences, or of disagreements in business matters, as a means of inflicting punishment, or of coercing or intimidating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- transitive verb 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
abstain , either as an individual or group, fromusing ,buying , ordealing with someone or someorganization as anexpression ofprotest . - noun The act of boycotting
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- verb refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Monroe said the unions are being careful not to use the term "boycott" because they don't want damage Obama's re-election prospects.
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The term boycott only dates to 1880 in Ireland and Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV 2010
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Just like the Montgomery Bus boycott was about more than where blacks could sit on a bus, the Arizona boycott is about more than SB 1070.
Zack de la Rocha: Why the Boycott of Arizona Continues Zack de la Rocha 2010
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Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum or your thoughts on the Israeli government, this boycott is a misguided and dangerous effort that threatens the entire filmmaking community and, indeed, freedom of speech and artistic expression.
Controversy at the Toronto Film Fest « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009
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The Arizona boycott is about the cruel and inhumane approach Arizona has taken and the cruel human impact that not only affects migrants, but brown-skinned communities in general.
Zack de la Rocha: Why the Boycott of Arizona Continues Zack de la Rocha 2010
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The Arizona boycott is about the cruel and inhumane approach Arizona has taken and the cruel human impact that not only affects migrants, but brown-skinned communities in general.
Zack de la Rocha: Why the Boycott of Arizona Continues Zack de la Rocha 2010
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Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum or your thoughts on the Israeli government, this boycott is a misguided and dangerous effort that threatens the entire filmmaking community and, indeed, freedom of speech and artistic expression.
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And I fail to see how the boycott is a “radical” ideology compared to the “defense” ideology of the IDF manifested in Gaza and in Lebanon 2006 (just a sample).
Global Voices in English » Lebanon: Academics and Bloggers Call for Israel Boycott 2009
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Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum or your thoughts on the Israeli government, this boycott is a misguided and dangerous effort that threatens the entire filmmaking community and, indeed, freedom of speech and artistic expression.
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Likewise, US law and the new Israeli law have things in common: both include the word "boycott," both relate to Israel, and neither has anything to do with frogs.
Lara Friedman: Israel's New Boycott Law and U.S. Law: Like Apples and Orangutans Lara Friedman 2011
sionnach commented on the word boycott
from Captain Charles Boycott, the estate agent of an absentee landlord, the Earl Erne, in County Mayo, Ireland who was subject to social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.
February 19, 2007
garyth123 commented on the word boycott
See goodwinism.
March 26, 2009
john commented on the word boycott
“There aren't many individuals in history whose names are taken in vain more than Capt. C.C. Boycott, the notorious Irish landlord who cut the wages of his tenant farmers and got himself ostracized -- and the English language enriched -- in return.�?
The Los Angeles Times, , by Michael Hiltzik, August 31, 2009
September 3, 2009
sionnach commented on the word boycott
Mister Hiltzik's lack of attention to detail is regrettable: Captain Boycott was not the landlord, merely the agent charged with collecting rent.
September 4, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word boycott
And he STILL gets his name taken in vain. Bet he regretted taking that job.
And let's not forget Mr. Gerrymander. ;)
September 4, 2009
sionnach commented on the word boycott
Nor his firedwelling cousin, Mr. Sal A. Mander. :-)
September 4, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word boycott
And their cousin twice removed, Mr. Goodforthe Gander.
September 4, 2009
reesetee commented on the word boycott
That was a family name. His third cousin twice removed, Mr. Goose, also had the first name Goodforthe.
September 7, 2009