Canadian English Meaning of taboo
Taboo
Other Canadian English words related to Taboo
- allowance
- allowing
- Approval
- clearance
- consent
- granting
- letting
- licence
- licensing
- okay
- Permission
- permitting
- prescription
- sanction
- tolerance
- tolerance
- agreement
- Approval
- authorization
- blessing
- compliance
- Enabling
- Encouragement
- Endorsement
- facilitation
- endorsement
- leave
- licence
- obedience
- okay
- promotion
- sanctioning
- submission
- suffering
- support
- Licensing
- accession
- acquiescence
- consent
- Imprimatur
Nearest Words of taboo
Definitions and Meaning of taboo in English
taboo (n)
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
taboo (v)
declare as sacred and forbidden
taboo (s)
excluded from use or mention
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
taboo (n.)
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.
taboo (v. t.)
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.
taboo (a.)
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.
FAQs About the word taboo
Taboo
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature, an inhibition
ban,Embargo,limitation,Prohibition,restriction,suppression,veto,no-no,constraint,denial
allowance,allowing,Approval,clearance,consent,granting,letting,licence,licensing,okay
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