Meaning of TABOO
| Pronunciation: | | ta'boo
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | forbidden, impermissible, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, sacred, tabu, tabu, tabu, verboten |
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| | See Also: | | bias, inhibition, preconception, prejudice, restrict | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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}.]
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