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taboo

noun

the taboo against healing on the sabbath:

prohibition, proscription, veto, interdiction, interdict, ban, restriction, boycott, non-acceptance, anathema.

▷antonyms acceptance; encouragement.

adjective

drinking, smoking, and gambling in his father's house were all taboo |

taboo language:

forbidden, prohibited, banned, proscribed, vetoed, ruled out, interdicted, outlawed, not permitted, not allowed, illegal, illicit, unlawful, impermissible, not acceptable, restricted, frowned on, beyond the pale, off limits, out of bounds;

unmentionable, unspeakable, unutterable, ineffable, censored;

rude, impolite, indecorous, dirty;

German verboten;

Islam haram;

New Zealand tapu;

informal no go;

rare non licet.

▷antonyms permitted, acceptable; encouraged.

taboo Oxford Dictionary of English