Avoidance vs Taboo - What's the difference?
avoidance | taboo |
The act of annulling; annulment.
The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; – specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Any thing that is to be avoided
The courts by which anything is carried off.
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
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* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 213:
(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
Culturally forbidden.
As nouns the difference between avoidance and taboo
is that avoidance is the act of annulling; annulment while taboo is an inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.As an adjective taboo is
excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.As a verb taboo is
to mark as taboo.avoidance
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Alternative forms
* avoidaunce (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)taboo
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(wikipedia taboo)Alternative forms
* tabuNoun
(en noun)- The sharp differentiation of the sexes in our culture was shaped most probably by monogamy and monosexuality and their tabus .
Adjective
(en adjective)- Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.