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[ adjective ] excluded from use or mention

Examples

"forbidden fruit" "in our house dancing and playing cards were out" "a taboo subject"

Used in print

(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)

The Commission seems to represent the viewpoint of_what I would call the unconscious liberal , but not unconscious enough , to invoke the now taboo symbolism of socialism .

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impermissible

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[ adjective ] excluded from use or mention

Examples

"forbidden fruit" "in our house dancing and playing cards were out" "a taboo subject"

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impermissible

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[ noun ] a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

Synonyms

tabu

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bias prejudice Polynesia

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[ adjective ] forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

Synonyms

tabu

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sacred

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[ verb ] declare as sacred and forbidden

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restrict

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[ noun ] an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

Synonyms

tabu

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inhibition

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