Difference between revisions of "Boycott"
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| − | To '''boycott''' means to avoid or not to deal with a person, institution, event or nation, as a form of protest. One might boycott a store by not shopping there; in 1980, many [[democratic]] nations boycotted the [[Olympic Games]] in [[Moscow]] to protest against the [[Soviet]] [[ | + | To '''boycott''' means to avoid or not to deal with a person, institution, event or nation, as a form of protest. One might boycott a store by not shopping there; in 1980, many [[democratic]] nations boycotted the [[Olympic Games]] in [[Moscow]] to protest against the [[Soviet]] [[invasion]] of [[Afghanistan]]. The name derives from that of a Captain Boycott, a land agent for an [[absentee]] landlord in nineteenth-century [[Ireland]], who was declared ''[[persona non grata]]'' by local people in revenge for his harshness in evicting impoverished tenants. |
Revision as of 10:47, October 11, 2008
To boycott means to avoid or not to deal with a person, institution, event or nation, as a form of protest. One might boycott a store by not shopping there; in 1980, many democratic nations boycotted the Olympic Games in Moscow to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The name derives from that of a Captain Boycott, a land agent for an absentee landlord in nineteenth-century Ireland, who was declared persona non grata by local people in revenge for his harshness in evicting impoverished tenants.
