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Taboo
təˈbuː
Taboo definitions
noun
taboos
taboo
tabu
tabus
- a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing
"many taboos have developed around physical exposure"
prohibition proscription veto interdiction interdict ban restriction boycott non-acceptance anathema- a practice that is prohibited or restricted by social or religious custom
"speaking about sex is a taboo in his country"
adjective
taboo
tabu
- prohibited or restricted by social custom
"sex was a taboo subject"
forbidden prohibited banned proscribed vetoed ruled out interdicted outlawed not permitted not allowed illegal illicit unlawful impermissible not acceptable restricted frowned on beyond the pale off limits out of bounds- designated as sacred and prohibited
"the burial ground was seen as a taboo place"
verb
taboos
tabooing
tabooed
taboo
tabu
tabued
tabuing
tabus
- place under a taboo
"traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period"