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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"
- 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"
- designated as sacred and prohibited
"the burial ground was seen as a taboo place"
verb
taboos
tabooing
tabooed
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tabued
tabuing
tabus
- place under a taboo
"traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period"