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part of speech:
adjective
definition:
untouchable, unmentionable, or otherwise forbidden by social mandate.Marrying one's sister is generally taboo.For women of that time, smoking was a taboo behavior.
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part of speech:
noun
inflections:
taboos, tabus
definition:
a ban on a subject, action, behavior, or the like, imposed by societal or religious custom.In some religions, there is a taboo on eating certain foods.
Taboo describes an activity or behavior that is considered completely unacceptable or forbidden. A taboo is also the prohibition from engaging in such an activity or behavior through social rules, laws, religious doctrine, and even by your own conscience.
taboo, the prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behaviour is either too sacred and consecrated or too dangerous and accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake.
If a subject or activity is taboo, it is a social custom to avoid doing that activity or talking about that subject, because people find it embarrassing or offensive. For some people, cancer is a taboo subject and they are too frightened or embarrassed to talk openly about it. American English: taboo /tæˈbu/
A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies.
Taboos are always contextual, which means there is no such thing as an absolute taboo. Common taboo examples are death, menstruation, blasphemy, food-related, incest. We sometimes use euphemisms, or asterisks, in place of taboo words to make them more socially acceptable.
a subject, word, or action that is avoided for religious or social reasons: In this society there is a taboo on/against any sort of public display of affection. He would not hesitate to break any taboo.
Taboo is fictional, but Nootka is a real place and the East India Company had indeed been interested in it in the late 18th century. Nootka is situated on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Sound is one of many inlets along the Pacific coast of the island.
Taboo words today tend to be defined by culture and politeness. You might say it's “taboo” to swear in front of your grandparents, for example. Breaking a modern taboo generally means coming across as oblivious, cruel or worse. This wasn't always the case.
The Taboo curse is a powerful spell which designates a word as a key to revealing the speaker's location. As such, it works in a similar manner to the Trace spell, but rather than being triggered when any magic at all is used, it is triggered by the utterance of a specific word.
A taboo behavior is a behavior deemed inappropriate by a society or culture. hom*osexuality and sex outside of marriage are both taboo behavior in some societies or cultures.
Taboos serve as unwritten social rules that protect us from saying or doing something that offends community values. For example, the common taboo in many workplaces against discussing politics or religion can keep divisive conflict from arising.
banned outlawed prohibited tabu unthinkable. Strong matches. disapproved forbidden proscribed reserved restricted unmentionable. Weak matches. beyond the pale frowned on illegal off-limits out of bounds ruled out unacceptable.
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