单词 | boycotting |
释义 | boycottingn. The action of boycott v. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [noun] discommunion1590 ostracism1602 disfellowship1608 expurgation1615 elimination1623 estrangement1660 social exclusion1831 fugitation1837 leperhood1875 ostracization1875 boycott1880 boycotting1880 boycottism1880 freeze-out1883 freezing out1891 purge1893 1880 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 11 Nov. 6/5 This it was which was the immediate occasion of the adoption of the policy which has added the ugly word ‘Boycotting’ to the English language. The Land Leaguers assert that ‘Boycotting’ means simply a voluntary withdrawal from the service of a person who in their view is a danger to his neighbours. 1886 Times 2 Feb. 10/1 On September 19, 1880, Mr. Parnell formulated the law of boycotting in the town of Ennis, county Clare. 1891 A. Baxter Hist. City of Grand Rapids xxiii. 202 On some occasions boycotting of certain parties regarded as unfriendly to the ‘temperance reform’ has been counseled. 1948 B. Quarles Frederick Douglass ii. 16 The boycotting of slave labor goods found its greatest strength among the Quakers. 1994 H. Holland Born in Soweto 9 Another blow dealt to the long-term stability of life in Soweto was the habitual boycotting of schools. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1880 |
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