boycotted
Avoided in protest
Boycotted is the past tense of boycott, meaning to refuse dealings with a person, organization, or country as a form of protest or coercion.
Workers boycotted a company over labor practices; consumers boycotted products from a regime.
The word comes from Charles Boycott, an Irish land agent shunned by his community in 1880.
The team boycotted the ceremony in protest.
Persistently avoided socially
- blacklistedFormally excluded or barred
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- rejectedRefused or turned away
spurned · avoided · snubbed · rebuffed · cold-shouldered · sidelined · ostracized · blackballed
Organized protest outside workplace
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
activism · campaign · resistance · movement · placard · banner · chant · petition
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
Punitive international restrictions
- isolationComplete separation from others
- nonrecognitionRefusal to acknowledge existence
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- delegitimizationRemoval of accepted authority
Wholeness through cohesion
- allianceFormal union of parties
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- brotherhoodKinship among men
shunned
Persistently avoided socially
- blacklistedFormally excluded or barred
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- excludedShut out, denied entry
rejected · spurned · avoided · snubbed · rebuffed · cold-shouldered · sidelined · ostracized · blackballed · ignored
picketing
Organized protest outside workplace
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
sit-in · activism · campaign · resistance · movement · placard · banner · chant · petition · strike
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- tariffsTaxes on imports
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- isolationComplete separation from others
- nonrecognitionRefusal to acknowledge existence
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
boycottedpatronized
Treated with superiority
supported · embraced · championed · endorsed · frequented
boycottedsponsored
Financially supported an endeavor
endorsed · sanctioned · accredited · recognized · subsidized
boycottedsponsored
Financially supported an endeavor
funded · bankrolled · subsidized · bought out · promoted
- economic boycottCoordinated consumer abstention
- bus boycottOrganized refusal to ride
- consumer boycottOrganized refusal to purchase
- sex boycottWithholding intimacy as protest
- Montgomery bus boycott1955 Alabama transit protest
- school boycottsProtest by avoiding attendance