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Categories: Psychoanalytic terminology, Moral psychology, Cultural anthropology, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Freudian psychology

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A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature WordNet 3.0

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A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people. Wikipedia

Social prohibition or ban. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Something that is unacceptable in society Wikipedia Disambiguation

Societal or cultural prohibition Wikidata

Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. Wiktionary

In Polynesia: something which may not be used. Wiktionary (translation)

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