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tabu

(t/@/'b/u/ )

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)

Synonym:
taboo

source: wordnet30
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion(noun.attribute)

source: wordnet30
See Taboo.(noun)

source: webster1913

forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands(adj.all)

source: wordnet30
excluded from use or mention(adj.all)

Synonym:
forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, verboten

source: wordnet30

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