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taboo

 
Adjective taboo has 2 senses
  1. forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten - excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
    Antonym: permissible (indirect, via impermissible)
  2. taboo, tabu - forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
    Antonym: profane (indirect, via sacred)
Noun taboo has 2 senses
  1. taboo, tabu - a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
    --1 is a kind of bias, prejudice, preconception
    Derived form: verb taboo1
  2. taboo, tabu - an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
    --2 is a kind of inhibition
    Derived form: verb taboo1
Verb taboo has 1 sense
  1. taboo - declare as sacred and forbidden
    --1 is one way to
    restrict
    Derived forms: noun taboo2, noun taboo1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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