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- Dictionaryboy·cott/ˈboiˌkät/
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 that forbids relations with certain groups, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods: "a boycott of the negotiations"
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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
BOYCOTT definition: a situation in which people refuse to buy, use, or do something because they do not approve of it: . Learn more.
BOYCOTT meaning: to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting to stop using the goods or services of (a company, country, etc.) until changes are made.
boycott something to refuse to buy, use or take part in something as a way of protesting. We are asking people to boycott goods from companies that use child labour. They have urged people to boycott foreign products.
