taboo

ta-boo · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

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

  2. 2.

    (as adjective) Prohibited or restricted by social custom.

Forms

plural: taboos

Related words

Antonyms: acceptance, permission
See also: forbidden, prohibition, restriction
Synonyms: ban, prohibition, restriction

Etymology

From Tongan tabu meaning "set apart, forbidden."