Boycott
noun
An act of refusing to use, buy, or deal with a person, organization, or country as a protest.
An increasing number of people are supporting the boycott of the company's goods.
Often appears as...
- support a boycott
- launch a boycott
verb
To refuse to use, buy, or deal with a person, organization, or country as a form of protest.
Several celebrities have decided to boycott the performance in protest of the organization's policies.
Often appears as...
- boycott goods
- boycott a company
noun
An act of refusing to use, buy, or deal with a person, organization, or country as a protest.
An increasing number of people are supporting the boycott of the company's goods.
Often appears as...
- support a boycott
- launch a boycott
verb
To refuse to use, buy, or deal with a person, organization, or country as a form of protest.
Several celebrities have decided to boycott the performance in protest of the organization's policies.
Often appears as...
- boycott goods
- boycott a company
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Peaceful Protest
In context, 'boycott' represents a non-violent action against something one disagrees with.
After the scandal, the public initiated a peaceful boycott of the company's products.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Action
Boycotts are usually more effective when a large group of people participates.
The worker's union called for a mass boycott of the unfair policies.
Pro Tip 3/3Ethical Stance
'Boycott' often holds a moral or ethical connotation, suggesting a stand for justice.
The community boycott reflected their stance against environmental destruction.
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Will the ocean ever run...
with restrictions on certain boats and equipment. Harmful practices, such as bottom trawling, can be banned altogether, and we can establish marine reserves closed to all fishing to help ecosystems restore themselves. There's also a role for consumer awareness and boycotts to reduce wasteful practices, like shark finning,
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An interview with the...
even in those times of controversy, when people were protesting and almost boycotting. I mean, it was a controversial move that you and your husband made. It was, and I don't know how we did it, but as I said, my mother-in-law was a kind, kind person,
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Bob Thurman: We can be...
and so on. They were all grumbling, and so they boycotted him. They wouldn't go listen to him. But the young people all came. And they brought this kind of a jeweled parasol, and they put it on the ground. And as soon as they had laid all these,
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Why theater is essential...
but it sparked a certain amount of outrage, a tweetstorm, and also an internet boycott of "Hamilton" from outraged people who had felt we had treated him with disrespect. I looked at that boycott and I said, we're getting something wrong here.
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Botswana's Bushmen Part...
interest people have been taking little leaflets and stopping and signing our petition and lots of people go onto our website and ring up to find out more information so the campaign's going we're not calling for a boycott but
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Olympic Training During...
boycotts and turmoil that's all in the show notes right there in your podcast app and while you're there be sure to rate us and review us because that really helps other listeners find us overheard at national geographic is
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The real story of Rosa...
not that the boycott had been planned for months, not that you were not even the first or the second or even the third woman to be arrested for doing that. You become an accidental activist, even in her own lifetime.
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The hidden life of Rosa...
helped ignite the grassroots movement she had hoped for. Parks was arrested and jailed for her one-woman protest, where she was visited by local activists. Together they planned a twenty-four hour bus boycott.
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Justice for Martine Vik...
think that's very helpful so we initiated a two-week boycott of companies in business did the father of the suspect because of himself during his son and we wanted to tell them that
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Al Gore: This Is the...
of the future of humanity and start the long healing process. But we have to break through the capture of our political systems. They say boycotts don't work.
Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
with restrictions on certain boats and equipment. Harmful practices, such as bottom trawling, can be banned altogether, and we can establish marine reserves closed to all fishing to help ecosystems restore themselves. There's also a role for consumer awareness and boycotts to reduce wasteful practices, like shark finning,
Video examples
An interview with the...
even in those times of controversy, when people were protesting and almost boycotting. I mean, it was a controversial move that you and your husband made. It was, and I don't know how we did it, but as I said, my mother-in-law was a kind, kind person,
Video examples
Bob Thurman: We can be...
and so on. They were all grumbling, and so they boycotted him. They wouldn't go listen to him. But the young people all came. And they brought this kind of a jeweled parasol, and they put it on the ground. And as soon as they had laid all these,
Video examples
Why theater is essential...
but it sparked a certain amount of outrage, a tweetstorm, and also an internet boycott of "Hamilton" from outraged people who had felt we had treated him with disrespect. I looked at that boycott and I said, we're getting something wrong here.
Video examples
Botswana's Bushmen Part...
interest people have been taking little leaflets and stopping and signing our petition and lots of people go onto our website and ring up to find out more information so the campaign's going we're not calling for a boycott but
Video examples
Olympic Training During...
boycotts and turmoil that's all in the show notes right there in your podcast app and while you're there be sure to rate us and review us because that really helps other listeners find us overheard at national geographic is
Video examples
The real story of Rosa...
not that the boycott had been planned for months, not that you were not even the first or the second or even the third woman to be arrested for doing that. You become an accidental activist, even in her own lifetime.
Video examples
The hidden life of Rosa...
helped ignite the grassroots movement she had hoped for. Parks was arrested and jailed for her one-woman protest, where she was visited by local activists. Together they planned a twenty-four hour bus boycott.
Video examples
Justice for Martine Vik...
think that's very helpful so we initiated a two-week boycott of companies in business did the father of the suspect because of himself during his son and we wanted to tell them that
Video examples
Al Gore: This Is the...
of the future of humanity and start the long healing process. But we have to break through the capture of our political systems. They say boycotts don't work.
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Quote examples
Patrik Baboumian
Iranian Celebrity
I just realized that if it's really compassion that drives you, maybe it's not enough just to stop eating animals but you maybe should boycott the whole animal industry, because... it's not what you as a compassionate being would want. So actually you should go one step further and become vegan.
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Divyanka Tripathi
Indian Actress
There is a vast difference in the pay package of every actor. Actors are also exploited at various levels, but when we are established, we get paid fairly well. But at times, if an actor asks for a hike, he/she may even get boycotted.
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Ziggy Marley
Jamaican Musician
I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals and try to protect corporations from people. They should protect people from corporations.
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Holly Marie Combs
American Actress
Orca family members belong together at home in the ocean, not isolated in tiny tanks at SeaWorld. If you believe that a mother should never have to know the pain of having her child torn away from her, boycott SeaWorld.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
I am one of the facilitators, helping to make the voice of Hongkongers heard in the international community. I also organize student class boycotts and provide assistance for high school students.
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John Berger
English Artist
A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Boycotts have been a critical part of social justice in American history, particularly for African-Americans.
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Vernon Jordan
American Businessman
You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.
Quote examples
Steven Van Zandt
American Musician
Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly.
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Mike Lindell
American Inventor
I don't boycott any station.
Quote examples
Patrik Baboumian
Iranian Celebrity
I just realized that if it's really compassion that drives you, maybe it's not enough just to stop eating animals but you maybe should boycott the whole animal industry, because... it's not what you as a compassionate being would want. So actually you should go one step further and become vegan.
Quote examples
Divyanka Tripathi
Indian Actress
There is a vast difference in the pay package of every actor. Actors are also exploited at various levels, but when we are established, we get paid fairly well. But at times, if an actor asks for a hike, he/she may even get boycotted.
Quote examples
Ziggy Marley
Jamaican Musician
I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals and try to protect corporations from people. They should protect people from corporations.
Quote examples
Holly Marie Combs
American Actress
Orca family members belong together at home in the ocean, not isolated in tiny tanks at SeaWorld. If you believe that a mother should never have to know the pain of having her child torn away from her, boycott SeaWorld.
Quote examples
Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
I am one of the facilitators, helping to make the voice of Hongkongers heard in the international community. I also organize student class boycotts and provide assistance for high school students.
Quote examples
John Berger
English Artist
A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change.
Quote examples
Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Boycotts have been a critical part of social justice in American history, particularly for African-Americans.
Quote examples
Vernon Jordan
American Businessman
You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.
Quote examples
Steven Van Zandt
American Musician
Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly.
Quote examples
Mike Lindell
American Inventor
I don't boycott any station.
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