taboo

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taboo[1,noun] taboo[2,transitive verb]

Main Entry: ¹ta·boo
Variant(s): also ta·bu /t-bü, ta-/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural taboos also tabus
1 : a prohibition in some cultures against touching, saying, or doing something for fear of immediate harm from a mysterious superhuman force
2 : a prohibition imposed by social custom or as a protective measure <the view that incest, not cannibalism, was the world's first taboo -- Phyllis Grosskurth>
3 : belief in taboos
- taboo also tabu adjective