boycott
See also: Boycott
English
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.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪkɑt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪkɒt/
Verb
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.
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Translations
to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest
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Translations
the act of boycotting
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔj.kɔt/
Related terms
Further reading
- “boycott” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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