TABOO | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of taboo in English taboonoun [ C ] uk /təˈbuː/ us /təˈbuː/ plural taboos Add to word list Add to word list a subject, word, or action that is avoided for religious or social reasons: In this society there is a taboo on/against any sort of public display of affection. He would not hesitate to break any taboo.

• Betty Ford bravely broke the taboo and spoke out about her breast cancer.
• Discussing money has always been a social taboo in Britain.
• There's a big taboo around homosexuality in some communities.

Forbidding and banning things

• abolish
• abolition
• abolitionist
• against the rules
• anti-censorship
• debar someone from something/doing something
• decertification
• decertify
• degenerate art
• deny something to someone
• non-kosher
• non-permissive
• non-valid
• off-limits
• out of bounds idiom
• unapproved
• unauthorized
• unkosher
• unsanctioned
• verboten

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Grammar

Swearing and taboo expressionsSwear words and taboo words can intensify what is said, but they can shock or give offence. Swearing and the use of taboo words and expressions is quite common in speaking. We often hear and use it both in private and in public settings and in films, on television and on the radio. … tabooadjective uk /təˈbuː/ us /təˈbuː/ avoided for religious or social reasons: For some people, death is a taboo subject. He believes that nothing should be taboo in films.

• Words which were once taboo have become everyday expressions.
• Sex is no longer a taboo subject at nursing homes.
• In the early 1970s the topic of death began to emerge from its taboo status.

Forbidding and banning things

• abolish
• abolition
• abolitionist
• against the rules
• anti-censorship
• debar someone from something/doing something
• decertification
• decertify
• degenerate art
• deny something to someone
• non-kosher
• non-permissive
• non-valid
• off-limits
• out of bounds idiom
• unapproved
• unauthorized
• unkosher
• unsanctioned
• verboten

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taboo | American Dictionary

taboonoun [ C ] us /təˈbu, tæ-/ plural taboos Add to word list Add to word list something that is avoided or forbidden for religious or social reasons: Dealing with mental illness is a sensitive issue, with a lot of taboos.

taboo

adjective [ not gradable ] us /təˈbu, tæ-/ The article analyzes the ways in which English speakers deal with taboo words. (Definition of taboo from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of taboo?

Translations of taboo

in Chinese (Traditional) （宗教或社會習俗方面的）禁忌，忌諱… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （宗教或社会习俗方面的）禁忌，忌讳… See more in Spanish tabú, tabú [masculine-feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese tabu, tabu [masculine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 禁句, タブー, 禁忌（きんき）… See more tabu, yasak… See more tabou/-e, tabou [masculine], tabou… See more tabú… See more taboe… See more tabu… See more tabu… See more haram, tabu… See more ข้อห้าม, ซึ่งต้องห้าม… See more điều cấm kỵ… See more tabu, rzecz zakazana… See more tabu… See more dilarang… See more das Tabu, tabu… See more tabu, tabu [neuter], tabu(forestilling)… See more 금기, 터부… See more табу, заборона… See more tabù… See more Need a translator?

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