Overview. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating disorder characterized by intense fatigue that cannot be cured with sleep. Mental and physical activities may cause your symptoms to worsen. When your fatigue cannot be linked to a specific cause, your doctor might classify your condition as CFS.
The boycott may be a form of reprisalâthat is, retaliatory measures against illegal actions on the part of a state. The USSR has used the boycott in response to actions by reactionary governments of capitalist countries.
The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish Land War and derives eponymously from Captain Charles Boycott, the land agent of an absentee landlord, Lord Erne, who lived in Lough Mask House, near Ballinrobe in County Mayo, Ireland, who was subject to social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.