Taboo
A taboo is a social group's ban, prohibition or avoidance of something 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 may be prohibited explicitly, for example within a legal system or religion, or implicitly, for example by social norms or conventions followed by a particular culture or organization.
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- nounAn inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- noun(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
- verbTo mark as taboo.
- verbTo ban.
- adjectiveExcluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
- adjectiveCulturally forbidden.
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