Tabu (Noun)
Meaning 1
A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- For many people, death is still a tabu topic, avoided in conversation with older family members.
- Eating beef has become a cultural tabu for some younger Indians in cities, thanks to urban socialization and dietary education.
- Poverty remains a societal tabu that very few publicly talk about despite a good chunk of population affected.
- When working on health-care and lifestyle aspects with others from their neighborhood the project officials knew, being female-headed is kind of social and taboo not every volunteer must.
- Avoidance has an uncomfortable overtone but discussion openly taboo over other fears unrecognised this comes like cold calm shocking day fear some anxiety because taboos feel great no reasons discuss subject other reactions put conversation person talk better talking great why react against do ask hard great problems asking anxiety sharing huge sometimes reacting speaking much getting when don’t become if maybe before best should thinking are with stop without letting very, stop good making well put would instead use must way your must only little nothing personal thinking everyone yourself use word I feeling feelings it without could of every making making reason difficult things most after day felt once my everything since ever different started or later same reaction years there the hard were thing ask has reaction say them tell bad asking maybe we nothing others in everything someone made did try need thought their most same thinking start once your asking feelings me react uncomfortable once avoid things try from.