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- DictionaryTa·bu/təˈbo͞o/
noun
- 1. variant form of taboo in archaic or anthropological use
Taboo describes an activity or behavior that is considered completely unacceptable or forbidden. A taboo is also the prohibition from engaging in such an activity or behavior through social rules, laws, religious doctrine, and even by your own conscience.
A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies.
a subject, word, or action that is avoided for religious or social reasons: In this society there is a taboo on/against any sort of public display of affection. He would not hesitate to break any taboo. Fewer examples. Betty Ford bravely broke the taboo and spoke out about her breast cancer.
noun. a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature. synonyms: tabu. see more. adjective. excluded from use or mention. “a taboo subject” synonyms: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten. impermissible. not permitted. adjective.
Taboo definition: proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable. See examples of TABOO used in a sentence.
1 a cultural or religious custom that does not allow people to do, use, or talk about a particular thing as people find it offensive or embarrassing an incest taboo a taboo against working on Sunday to break/violate a taboo Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.
1 a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing: many taboos have developed around physical exposure the use of violence must remain a taboo in our society [mass noun] : Freud applies his notion of taboo in three ways. More example sentences Synonyms
