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Definitions for: Taboo
[n] an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
[n] a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
[adj] excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
[adj] forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
[v] declare as sacred and forbidden
Webster (1913) Definition: Ta*boo", a. [Written also tapu.] [Polynesian tabu,
tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.]
Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races
of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain
persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties;
interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be
taboo.
Ta*boo", n.
A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach
to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an
interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common
in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also
tabu.]
Ta*boo", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabooing.]
To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to
interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set
apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]
Synonyms: forbidden, impermissible, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, sacred, tabu, tabu, tabu, verboten
See Also: bias, inhibition, preconception, prejudice, restrict
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