boycott

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ UK /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ See IPA manual

verb noun

Meanings

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verb
to refuse to deal with a person, company, or country as a protest

Consumers vowed to boycott the brand over its labor practices.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to refuse to deal with a... shun ostracizeblacklistembargo avoid spurn

Opposites

patronize support embrace

Word family

Derived forms boycotterboycotted

Etymology

An eponym from Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), a land agent in Ireland who was ostracized by the local community in 1880 during the Land League agitation.

Topics

People & Society

# boycott

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbɔɪkɑt
**IPA (UK):** ˈbɔɪkɒt

## Meanings
1. to refuse to deal with a person, company, or country as a protest

## Examples
- Consumers vowed to boycott the brand over its labor practices.

## Synonyms
- shun
- ostracize
- blacklist
- embargo
- avoid
- spurn

## Antonyms
- patronize
- support
- embrace

## Derived Forms
- boycotter
- boycotted

## Etymology
An eponym from Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), a land agent in Ireland who was ostracized by the local community in 1880 during the Land League agitation.

## AI Etymology
Boycott is an eponym from Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), a land agent in Ireland who was ostracized by the local community in 1880 during the Land League agitation. Used as a verb and noun, boycott now means "refuse to deal with a person, company, or country as a protest", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as boycotter and boycotted. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the historical form and the modern word boycott.

## Topics
- People & Society

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