Associations to the word «Taboo»
Noun
- Avoidance
- Taboo
- Totem
- Topic
- Homosexuality
- Mana
- Breaking
- Frazer
- Freud
- Sexuality
- Prohibition
- Eating
- Food
- Pork
- Naming
- Divination
- Obscenity
- Sorcery
- Animal
- Childbirth
- Sigmund
- Ceremony
- Tahiti
- Abstinence
- Ritual
- Violation
- Pea
- Seclusion
- Society
- Sex
- Superstition
- Adultery
- Connotation
- Intercourse
- Polynesia
- Symbolism
- Shaman
- Pollution
- Witchcraft
- Canoe
- Rite
- Stigma
- Anthropologist
- Steiner
- Breach
- Subject
- Aboriginal
- Purity
- Purification
- Prostitution
- Pornography
- Bough
- Custom
- Depiction
- Caste
- Psyche
- Slang
- Swearing
- Meat
- Deceased
- Prejudice
- Censorship
- Rape
- Consumption
- Hunting
- Navajo
- Metaphor
Adjective
Wiktionary
TABOO, noun. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
TABOO, noun. (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
TABOO, adjective. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
TABOO, adjective. Culturally forbidden.
TABOO, verb. To mark as taboo.
TABOO, verb. To ban.
TABOO, verb. To avoid.
TABOO SLANG, noun. Any slang expression that should not be used in a particular situation
Dictionary definition
TABOO, noun. A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature.
TABOO, noun. An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
TABOO, verb. Declare as sacred and forbidden.
TABOO, adjective. Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject".
TABOO, adjective. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.