Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of taboo
nountabooing (plural tabooings)
plural tabooings
- The imposition of a taboo.
It is to be desired that in prison and police stations complete lists should be made out of the tabooings upon criminals, especially young prisoners who have not attained full development […]
1902, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, volume 29, page 177Synonyms: tabooization, tabooification
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe imposition of a taboo.
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