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also tabu
as in forbidden
that may not be permitted
asking a guest how much money he or she makes is strictly taboo because it's a rude question to ask a stranger
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also tabu
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as in prohibition
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as in anathema
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Recent Examples of taboo
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
For women, talking about money has been long considered taboo.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Engaging with the question of Palestine is taboo at my school.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
The taboo of miscegenation makes up the body of the pagan cynocephalus, wherein religious difference is figured as racial difference, and, remarkably, as species difference (or crisis).
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
For women, talking about money has been long considered taboo.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
Throughout its iterations, Degrassi made a name for itself for being a fearless teen drama that tackled taboo topics like teen pregnancy, drug use, domestic abuse, and mental health.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Engaging with the question of Palestine is taboo at my school.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taboo
Adjective
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Describing the damping precisely meant accidentally allowing forbidden precision in position or momentum.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2025
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Anthropic has introduced weekly rate limits for its Claude chatbot focused on curbing excessive—and forbidden—usage of Claude Code.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Even after that prohibition was lifted on Tuesday, and the resignations of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, the unrest escalated.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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During a June meeting, the board of trustees unanimously agreed to revise the policy and remove the prohibition on overnight protesting and other expressive activities.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Socialists want to tax the rich and roll back Macron’s tax cuts for businesses, demands that are anathema to the right.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Cheating in any way, at anything, was anathema to him.—
Larry David,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Rockies haven't been held hitless since the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw fired a no-no in an 8-0 victory on June 18, 2014.—
Field Level Media,
Reuters,
9 Sep. 2025
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And then Ritter, after breaking up the no-no, was removed in the ninth inning after rolling his ankle diving back into second base.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Of course, there was the Luka Doncic abomination that caused a collective jaw drop among the entire basketball world.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This wasteful Everglades abomination surely is one of our worst.—
Elise Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But the sales ran afoul of legislation that limited US government assistance to the Contras, an arms embargo against Iran, and Reagan’s previous assurances that the US would not negotiate with terrorists.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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To end a genocide, impose and arms embargo.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With respect to gender roles, for instance, the aggressive zombies incarnate a warped and rotted form of traditional masculinity, a perversion of the warrior ideal.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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Spaces that seem most interested in the permissiveness of perversion.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
25 June 2025
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“Taboo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taboo. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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