taboos
noun#34,905
Translations
- タブータブー
- 忌みいみ
- 禁忌きんき
- 禁物きんもつ
English definition
- a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
Examples
- It's one of the greatest taboos of our time.
- Certain taboos, which had remained untouchable for so many years, have come to be broken.