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social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > theology > taboos
other subjects > arts and humanities > theology > taboos
... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > cultural orientations > cultural studies > taboos
... > social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > cultural/social anthropology > cultural anthropology > cultural studies > taboos
social science subjects > sociology > sociology of arts and culture > cultural studies > taboos

Preferred term

taboos  

Definition(s)

  • Taboo is a concept that originated in a very specific cultural meaning and became generalized in popular English. Popularly it means forbidden and to be avoided—by custom, or because of some danger, or under some general supernatural sanction, or by explicit divine order. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Taboos]

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