Tapu vs. Taboo
Difference Between Tapu and Taboo
Tapu➦
alternative form of taboo
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Taboo➦
A taboo is an implicit prohibition on something (usually against an utterance or behavior) based on a cultural sense that it is excessively repulsive or, perhaps, too sacred for ordinary people. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies.
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Tapu➦
alternative form of taboo
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Taboo➦
a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing
Freud applies his notion of taboo in three ways
the use of violence must remain a taboo in our society
many taboos have developed around physical exposure
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Taboo➦
prohibited or restricted by social custom
sex was a taboo subject
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Taboo➦
place under a taboo
traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period
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Taboo➦
A ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
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Taboo➦
A prohibition, especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands, excluding something from use, approach, or mention because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
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Taboo➦
An object, word, or act protected by such a prohibition.
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Taboo➦
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach, or mention
a taboo subject.
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Taboo➦
To exclude from use, approach, or mention; place under taboo.
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Taboo➦
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
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Taboo➦
(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
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Taboo➦
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
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Taboo➦
Culturally forbidden.
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Taboo➦
To mark as taboo.
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Taboo➦
To ban.
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Taboo➦
To avoid.
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Taboo➦
A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, - an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction.
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Taboo➦
To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals.
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Taboo➦
Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo.
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Taboo➦
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
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Taboo➦
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
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Taboo➦
declare as sacred and forbidden
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Taboo➦
excluded from use or mention;
forbidden fruit
in our house dancing and playing cards were out
a taboo subject
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Taboo➦
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
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