taboo
IPA: tæbˈu
noun
- 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.
verb
- To mark as taboo.
- To ban.
- To avoid.
adjective
- Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
- Culturally forbidden.
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.