taboo
noun [C] /təˈbuː/ (plural taboos)Definition
› (an action or word) avoided for religious or social reasons: In this society there is a taboo on/against any sort of public display of affection. For some people, death is a taboo subject.Forbidding and banning things
(Definition of taboo noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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