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from the Polynesian word tabu; any act, condition or type of physical contact that, if undertaken or manifested, could result in adverse consequences for the well being of the given tribe or community. Traditional examples would include an uninitiated person's contact with sacred places, persons or objects, or unacknowledged incest or adultery. In contemporary Asian cultures, for example, it is generally considered taboo to touch the head of one who is older than onself. ...
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certain behaviour which is forbidden or which goes against accepted practice within a society
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editorial or publishing policy which excludes publication of works dealing with certain subject matter without regard to the merit of the work.
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During the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, contact with the cultures of Polynesia and Melanesia aroused interest in the comparative study of cultures by scholars such as Edward Burnett Tylor and James George Frazer. Words such as taboo entered English in that way. It refers to what is set apart for the use of a god, king, priest, or chief, or prohibited for some other reason.
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