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tabu
ta·bu (tă′bo͞o′, tə-)n.adj. & v. Variant of taboo.ta•boo (təˈbu, tæ-)
adj., n., pl. -boos, adj. 1. proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: taboo words. 2. set apart as sacred; forbidden for general use; placed under a prohibition or bar. n. 3. a prohibition or interdiction of something; exclusion from use or practice. 4. the system or practice of setting things apart as sacred or forbidden for general use. 5. exclusion from social relations; ostracism. v.t. 6. to put under a taboo; prohibit or forbid. 7. to ostracize. [1770–80; < Tongan tapu or Fijian tabu] tabu
Past participle: tabued
Gerund: tabuing
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| I tabu | | you tabu | | he/she/it tabus | | we tabu | | you tabu | | they tabu |
| Preterite |
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| I tabued | | you tabued | | he/she/it tabued | | we tabued | | you tabued | | they tabued |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am tabuing | | you are tabuing | | he/she/it is tabuing | | we are tabuing | | you are tabuing | | they are tabuing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have tabued | | you have tabued | | he/she/it has tabued | | we have tabued | | you have tabued | | they have tabued |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was tabuing | | you were tabuing | | he/she/it was tabuing | | we were tabuing | | you were tabuing | | they were tabuing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had tabued | | you had tabued | | he/she/it had tabued | | we had tabued | | you had tabued | | they had tabued |
| Future |
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| I will tabu | | you will tabu | | he/she/it will tabu | | we will tabu | | you will tabu | | they will tabu |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have tabued | | you will have tabued | | he/she/it will have tabued | | we will have tabued | | you will have tabued | | they will have tabued |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be tabuing | | you will be tabuing | | he/she/it will be tabuing | | we will be tabuing | | you will be tabuing | | they will be tabuing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been tabuing | | you have been tabuing | | he/she/it has been tabuing | | we have been tabuing | | you have been tabuing | | they have been tabuing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been tabuing | | you will have been tabuing | | he/she/it will have been tabuing | | we will have been tabuing | | you will have been tabuing | | they will have been tabuing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been tabuing | | you had been tabuing | | he/she/it had been tabuing | | we had been tabuing | | you had been tabuing | | they had been tabuing |
| Conditional |
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| I would tabu | | you would tabu | | he/she/it would tabu | | we would tabu | | you would tabu | | they would tabu |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have tabued | | you would have tabued | | he/she/it would have tabued | | we would have tabued | | you would have tabued | | they would have tabued |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | tabu - a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred naturetaboobias, prejudice, preconception - a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situationPolynesia - the islands in the eastern part of Oceania | | 2. | tabu - an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversiontabooinhibition - the quality of being inhibited | | Adj. | 1. | tabu - forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islandstaboosacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" | | 2. | tabu - excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"prohibited, proscribed, taboo, verboten, forbidden, outimpermissible - not permitted; "impermissible behavior" |
taboo also tabu
nounA refusal to allow:ban, disallowance, forbiddance, inhibition, interdiction, prohibition, proscription.adjectiveNot allowed:forbidden, impermissible, verboten.verbTo refuse to allow:ban, debar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe.Translationstaboo, tabu (təˈbuː) – plurals taˈboos ~taˈbus – noun, adjective (something) forbidden for religious reasons or because it is against social custom. Alcohol is (a) taboo in Muslim societies. 禁忌 禁忌tabu
tabu: see tabootaboo
or tabu
, prohibition of an act or the use of an object or word under pain of punishment. Originally a Polynesian word, taboo can apply to the sacred or consecrated or to the dangerous, unclean, and forbidden.
..... Click the link for more information. .taboo or tabu any ritual prohibition on certain activities. The term originally comes from Captain Cook's description of Polynesian custom. It may involve the avoidance of certain people, places, objects or actions, and the universal incest taboo is a much cited example of the latter. Much work on this area has been carried out from within anthropology in an attempt to explain why, for instance, different foods are avoided within various cultures. Functionalists prefer explanations of taboo and TOTEMISM in terms of group solidarity, whilst structuralists, such as M. DOUGLAS in Purity and Danger (1966), have focused on taboos as a problem in classifying ambiguity.taboo, tabu1. (in Polynesia and other islands of the South Pacific) marked off as simultaneously sacred and forbidden 2. ritual restriction or prohibition, esp of something that is considered holy or unclean MedicalSeetabooTABU
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| TABU➣Towards A Better Understanding | | TABU➣Typical Army Balls-Up (military slang) | | TABU➣Towed Array/Breakout Unit |
tabu
Synonyms for tabunoun a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred natureSynonymsRelated Words- bias
- prejudice
- preconception
- Polynesia
noun an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversionSynonymsRelated Wordsadj forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islandsSynonymsRelated Wordsadj excluded from use or mentionSynonyms- prohibited
- proscribed
- taboo
- verboten
- forbidden
- out
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