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Tabu

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

📖 Definitions of "Tabu"

noun
  1. 1

    An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

  2. 2

    (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

verb
  1. 1

    To mark as taboo.

  2. 2

    To ban.

  3. 3

    To avoid.

🔄 Synonyms of "Tabu"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
sacredCharacterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
taboonounAn inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
outnounAway from the inside or centre.
prohibitedForbidden; banned; unallowed.
proscribedForbidden or prohibited.
forbiddenNot allowed; specifically disallowed.
impermissibleNot permissible; not to be permitted or allowed.

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WordDefinition
prohibitedForbidden; banned; unallowed.
forbiddenNot allowed; specifically disallowed.
impermissibleNot permissible; not to be permitted or allowed.
outnounAway from the inside or centre.
sacredCharacterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
proscribedForbidden or prohibited.
proscriptionnounA prohibition.
bannoun(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
tonganounA country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa.
tapunoun(New Zealand) Alternative form of taboo. [An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.]
kapunounTaboo, especially in Hawaiian contexts.
tabooedForbidden; prohibited.
matrinoun
ratunounA Fijian chief.
fadynounA system of taboos in the traditional culture of Madagascar.
parianounan American experimental metal band formed in 2001 and based in Omaha, Nebraska.
kaulanoun
parananounAlternative form of Paraná. [A river in central and southern South America.]
maikanoun(India) A woman's maternal village: the place where she grew up, especially as contrasted with her new home after marriage.
tabonounA small town in Himachal Pradesh, India, the site of an ancient monastery.

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