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adj. VERBS be | become | remain | consider sth, regard sth as Sex is considered taboo as a topic for discussion. ADV. strictly The subject of death was strictly taboo in their society. PREP. to Such work was taboo to women., noun ADJ. rigid, strict | deep-seated | cultural, gender, religious, sexual, social | incest VERB + TABOO observe his failure to observe the tribe's rigid taboos | break, flout, violate | break down the problem of breaking down deep-seated cultural taboos | reinforce TABOO + NOUN subject PREP. ~ about the taboo about religion in British society | ~ against the taboo against marrying a foreigner | ~ on reinforcing their taboos on sexuality | ~ surrounding the taboos surrounding menstruation
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taboo
adjectives
a social taboo
• There is a social taboo against expressing negative views of other races.
a sexual taboo
• The old sexual taboos had disappeared.
verbs
break/violate a taboo
• He is willing to break the taboo about discussing the effects of large-scale immigration.
observe a taboo
(= not do something that is considered offensive or unacceptable )
• The Kalenjin people of Kenya still observe a taboo against eating fish.
phrases
the taboo surrounding something
(= relating to something )
• John's work did much to remove the taboo surrounding the disease.
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