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tabu

Pronunciation:  tu'boo

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
  2. [n]  a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
  3. [adj]  excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
  4. [adj]  forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
 
 Synonyms: forbidden, impermissible, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, sacred, taboo, taboo, taboo, verboten
 
 See Also: bias, inhibition, preconception, prejudice

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ta*bu"\, n. & v.
See {Taboo}.

 

 

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