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taboo

(t/&/'b/u/ )

Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
tabu

source: wordnet30
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion(noun.attribute)

source: wordnet30
A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction.(noun)

source: webster1913

excluded from use or mention(adj.all)

Example:
A taboo subject.

Synonym:
forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten

source: wordnet30
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands(adj.all)

source: wordnet30

declare as sacred and forbidden(verb.social)

source: wordnet30
To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals.(verb)

source: webster1913

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