Tabooism

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A system of taboos. uncountable

    "Indigenous people, such as agriculturists, hunters, and pastoralists initiated a system of totemism and tabooism which in essence was a natural law against killing and eating certain animals."

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"Indigenous people, such as agriculturists, hunters, and pastoralists initiated a system of totemism and tabooism which in essence was a natural law against killing and eating certain animals."

Etymology

From taboo + -ism.

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