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• IPA: /təˈbuː/, /tæˈbuː/

taboo

1. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 213:

     The sharp differentiation of the sexes in our culture was shaped most probably by monogamy and monosexuality and their tabus.

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

• French: tabou
• German: Tabu
• Italian: tabù
• Portuguese: tabu
• Russian: табу́
• Spanish: tabú

• Portuguese: tabu
• Russian: табу́
• Spanish: tabú

taboo

1. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

   Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.

2. Culturally forbidden.

• French: tabou, taboue
• German: tabu
• Portuguese: tabu
• Russian: табуи́рованный
• Spanish: tabú

taboo (taboos, present participle tabooing; simple past and past participle tabooed)

1. To mark as taboo.

   Synonyms: tabooize

2. To ban.
3. To avoid.

• German: tabuisieren
• Italian: tabuizzare
• Russian: табуи́ровать

• German: tabuisieren
• Russian: налагать табу

• German: tabuisieren
• Russian: налагать табу