Taboos

/təˈbuːz/

Synonyms for "taboos" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
banforbidden topic

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
sacred topictaboo subjectunmentionables

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

7 entries
cultural normcultural prohibitiondiscoursemoral rulesocial normsubjecttopic

More specific

8 entries
death taboosdietary taboosincest taboosmarital taboosreligious taboosritual taboossex taboossexual taboos

Collocations

5 entries
cultural taboosdietary taboosreligious taboossocial taboostaboo topics

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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It's one of the greatest taboos of our time.

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Certain taboos, which had remained untouchable for so many years, have come to be broken.

Source: tatoeba (3644959)

Mr. Flynt and his associates made normalizing taboos their business.

Source: tatoeba (5887822)

Let's talk about Algerian social taboos.

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