It's one of the greatest taboos of our time.
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Taboos
//təˈbuːz//
Synonyms for "taboos" (156 found)
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Adjective(5 words)
out of boundsoutlawoutlawedpass overpornographicprecludepreclusionpreventpreventionprofaneprohibitprohibitedprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscribeproscriptionrefusalrefuseregulation
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rejectrejectionrelegaterelegationrepressrepressionrepudiaterepudiationreservationrestraintrestrictedrestrictionrestrictive covenantsruderule outruled outruling outsanctionsay no toscandalousscatologicalsend to coventryshut outslangslangystatutesumptuary lawssuppresssuppressiontabooedtabuunacceptableunallowedunauthorizedunder the banunlawfulunlicensedunmentionableunpermissibleunsanctionedunsayableunspeakableuntouchableverbotenvetovetoedvolstead actzoningzoning laws
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5 total sentences available.
Certain taboos, which had remained untouchable for so many years, have come to be broken.
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Mr. Flynt and his associates made normalizing taboos their business.
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Let's talk about Algerian social taboos.
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