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  1. 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.

  2. Define Boycott. Boycott, as a noun, refers to a concerted effort or organized action taken by a group of individuals to abstain from buying, using, or dealing with a particular product, company, or entity. It is a form of protest or demonstration aimed at expressing disapproval or seeking change.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. What does the verb boycott mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb boycott . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  6. 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. This noun comes from the name of Charles C. Boycott, an English land agent in 19th-century Ireland who refused to reduce rents for his tenant farmers.

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    A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons.