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General dictionaries General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. tabus: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. tabus: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
  3. tabus: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. Tabu's, Tabus, tabus: Wordnik [home, info]
  5. tabus: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. tabus: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  7. tabus: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tabus: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tabus: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tabus: Medical dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from WordNet (taboo)

noun:  an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
noun:  a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
verb:  declare as sacred and forbidden
adjective:  forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
adjective:  excluded from use or mention ("A taboo subject")

▸ Also see taboo



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