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taboo /təˈbuː/ (also tabu)
▶noun (pl. taboos or tabus) a social or religious custom placing prohibition or restriction on a particular thing or person. ▶adjective prohibited or restricted by social custom.
■ designated as sacred and prohibited.
▶verb (taboos, tabooing, tabooed or tabus, tabuing, tabued) place under a taboo.– origin C18: from Tongan tabu ‘set apart, forbidden’.
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