Word: Taboo
How to pronounce: təˈbuː
Noun
Definitions:
1. A social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.
Example sentences: "Many taboos have developed around physical exposure"
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Prohibited or restricted by social custom.
Example sentences: "Sex was a taboo subject"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Place under prohibition.
Example sentences: "Traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period"
Synonyms:
forbidden
prohibited
tabu
prohibition
barred
Derivations:
tabooed
tabooing
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Spanish:
German: Tabu
French: Tabou
Italian: Taboo
Turkish: Tabu
