The meaning of Boycotting

Boycotting – definition

verb
Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
Usage examples:
We will boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme
Synonims:
Spurn Snub Cold-shoulder Shun Avoid Abstain from Stay away from Steer clear of Give a wide berth to Refuse to take part in Turn one's back on Have nothing to do with Wash one's hands of Ban B

noun
A punitive ban on relations with other bodies, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.
Usage examples:
A boycott of the negotiations

Boycotting translation into English

Boycotting: translate from English into Chinese

抵制, 杯葛

Boycotting: translate from English into Dutch

Boycotten, Uitsluiten

Boycotting: translate from English into French

Boycotter, Boycotteur

Boycotting: translate from English into German

Boykottieren

Boycotting: translate from English into Hindi

बहिष्कार, बहिष्कार करना

Boycotting: translate from English into Italian

Boicottaggio, Boicottare

Boycotting: translate from English into Korean

보이콧, 보이콧하다, 참가를 거부하다

Boycotting: translate from English into Russian

Бойкот, Бойкотирующий

Boycotting: translate from English into Spanish

Boicoteando, Boicotear

Word origin

from the name of Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832–97), an Irish land agent so treated in 1880, in an attempt instigated by the Irish Land League to get rents reduced.

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Boycotting – similar words

boycotted

verb
Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
Usage examples:
We will boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme

noun
A punitive ban on relations with other bodies, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.
Usage examples:
A boycott of the negotiations

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Boycotting synonims

avoid

verb
Keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something).
Usage examples:
Avoid excessive exposure to the sun

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b

ˈbɔːrɒn

abbreviation
Barn(s).

noun
The second letter of the alphabet.
Usage examples:
My grade on that first paper was a b

noun
A unit of area, 10−28 square metres, used especially in particle physics.

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ban

verb
Officially or legally prohibit (something).
Usage examples:
Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun
An official or legal prohibition.
Usage examples:
A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun
A monetary unit of romania, equal to one hundredth of a leu.
Usage examples:
If you want milk you have to ask for it and it costs extra (often 50 bani or 5000 old lei) and is u…

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shun

verb
Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.
Usage examples:
He shunned fashionable society

verb
Avoid and stay away from deliberately

verb
To avoid or refuse to accept someone or something
Usage examples:
She shunned publicity after she retired from the stage.

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snub

verb
Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully.
Usage examples:
He snubbed faculty members and students alike

noun
An act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something.
Usage examples:
The move was a snub to the government

adjective
(of a person's nose) short and turned up at the end.
Usage examples:
Snub-nosed

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spurn

verb
Reject with disdain or contempt.
Usage examples:
He spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned

noun
An act of spurning.
Usage examples:
It is a spurn of god's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness

verb
Reject with contempt

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stay away from

phrasal verb
To not go near or become involved with someone; to avoid something that will have a bad effect on you
Usage examples:
My parents told me to stay away from her., i drink a lot of water and i stay away from greasy, heav…

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steer clear of

phrase
Take care to avoid or keep away from.
Usage examples:
Steer clear of fatty food

idiom
To avoid someone or something because you think the person or thing may cause trouble or be dangerous
Usage examples:
Davis steered clear of politics because of all the problems his father had had as governor.

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