taboo

IPA: tæbˈu

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

Examples of "taboo" in Sentences

Second, the taboo has a proscription.
The tribe is rich in beliefs and taboos.
Frequently, the stories test the limits of taboo.
Such prenatal taboos still persisted to the 1930s.
The use of the mind meld was taboo for a period of time.
In Yazidism, the eating of lettuce and butter beans is taboo.
But the mention of the steatosis of the liver is still a taboo.
Arguably the most famous example of the genre is the taboo series.
A two sentence mention of it in the middle of the article is taboo.
It is a taboo subject to question the legitimacy and effectiveness of the law.
By far, the most important victory for breaking the word taboo comes in Cohen v.
In short, those negative precepts which we call taboo are just as vain and futile as those positive precepts which we call sorcery.
He says the Holocaust was being used to legitimise the suffering of other peoples and he wanted to break what he called a taboo on discussing it.
Thai government distanced itself Wednesday from remarks in the Minister Kasit Piromya about a need for a more open discussion of what he called the taboo subject of the role of the monarchy in
In an article in the Daily Telegraph, he describes the public reaction to his remarks as "hysterical", and says that a breach in what he calls the taboo on discussing race is "punished by ostracism and worse … the witch finders already have their sights on me".