taboo, n.
(taboos)
(taboos)
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
<noun.attribute>
taboo tabu
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
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>
taboo tabu
lexical pointers
derivationally related form