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- Dictionaryboycott/ˈbɔɪkɒt/
verb
- 1. withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest: "we will boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme"
noun
- 1. a punitive ban on relations with other bodies, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods: "a boycott of the negotiations"
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to refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval: People were urged to boycott the country's products. The union called on its members to boycott the meeting. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Opposing & against. active resistance. ad hominem. against someone's beliefs. alienated. converse.
The meaning of BOYCOTT is to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions.
Boycott definition: to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion. See examples of BOYCOTT used in a sentence.
to refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval: People were urged to boycott the country's products. The union called on its members to boycott the meeting. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Opposing & against. active resistance. ad hominem. adversarial. against someone's beliefs.
If you boycott a country, a organization, or an activity, you refuse to be involved with it, because you disapprove of it. The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. American English : boycott / ˈbɔɪkɒt /
To boycott means to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest; the noun boycott is the protest itself.
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: boycott a business; boycott merchants; boycott buses; boycott an election.
