Taboo vs. Forbidden

Taboonoun

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

Taboonoun

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

Tabooadjective

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

Tabooadjective

Culturally forbidden.

Tabooverb

To mark as taboo.

Tabooverb

To ban.

Tabooverb

To avoid.

Taboonoun

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.

Tabooverb

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.

Tabooadjective

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.

Taboonoun

a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

Taboonoun

an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

Tabooverb

declare as sacred and forbidden

Tabooadjective

excluded from use or mention;

Tabooadjective

forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

Taboonoun

a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing

Taboonoun

a practice that is prohibited or restricted by social or religious custom

Tabooadjective

prohibited or restricted by social custom

Tabooadjective

designated as sacred and prohibited

Tabooverb

place under a taboo

Taboo

A taboo is an implicit prohibition on something (usually against an utterance or behavior) based on a cultural sense that it is excessively repulsive or, perhaps, too sacred for ordinary people. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies.

Forbiddenadjective

Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

Forbiddenverb

inflection of forbid||past|part

Forbiddenadjective

Prohibited; interdicted.

Forbiddenadjective

excluded from use or mention;

Forbiddenadjective

not allowed; banned

Forbiddenadjective

denoting or involving a transition between two quantum-mechanical states that does not conform to some selection rule, especially for electric dipole radiation.