Tabu
[tə'buː] or [tæ'bʊ]
Definition
(n. & v.) See Taboo.
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Definition
Same as Taboo.
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Examples
- Here was the root of another set of tabus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Men began to tell stories about themselves, about the tribe, about its tabus and why they had to be, about the world and the why for the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With every development of speech it became possible to intensify and develop the tradition of tabus and restraints and ceremonies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By talking together men would reinforce each other's fears, and establish a common tradition of tabus of things forbidden and of things unclean. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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