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Taboo

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Noun

1. taboo, tabu

a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

2. taboo, tabu

an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

Verb

3. taboo

declare as sacred and forbidden

Adjective

4. forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten

excluded from use or mention

Example Sentences:
'forbidden fruit'
'in our house dancing and playing cards were out'
'a taboo subject'

5. taboo, tabu

forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Taboo

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adjective
1. 
forbidden or disapproved of; placed under a social prohibition or ban
taboo words
2. 
(in Polynesia and other islands of the South Pacific) marked off as simultaneously sacred and forbidden
noun plural -boos or -bus
3. 
any prohibition resulting from social or other conventions
4. 
ritual restriction or prohibition, esp of something that is considered holy or unclean
verb
5. (transitive)
to place under a taboo

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Taboo

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nounWord forms: plural taˈboos
1. 
a. 
among some Polynesian peoples, a sacred prohibition put upon certain people, things, or acts which makes them untouchable, unmentionable, etc.
b. 
the highly developed system or practice of such prohibitions
2. 
a. 
any social prohibition or restriction that results from convention or tradition
b.  Linguistics
the substitution of one word or phrase for another because of such restriction
adjective
3. 
sacred and prohibited by taboo
4. 
restricted by taboo
said of people
5. 
prohibited or forbidden by tradition, convention, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: taˈbooed or taˈbooing
6. 
to put under taboo
7. 
to prohibit or forbid because of tradition, convention, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Taboo

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n. pl. ta·boos also ta·bus
1. A ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
2.
a. A prohibition, especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands, excluding something from use, approach, or mention because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word, or act protected by such a prohibition.
adj.
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach, or mention: a taboo subject.
tr.v. ta·booed, ta·boo·ing, ta·boos also ta·bued or ta·bu·ing or ta·bus
To exclude from use, approach, or mention; place under taboo.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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