Outlaw vs Taboo - What's the difference?
outlaw | taboo |
A fugitive from the law.
A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
A person who operates outside established norms.
A wild horse.
(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
To declare illegal
To place a ban upon
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
To deprive of legal force.
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
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(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 outlaw and taboo
is that outlaw is a fugitive from the law while taboo is an inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.As verbs the difference between outlaw and taboo
is that outlaw is to declare illegal while taboo is to mark as taboo.As an adjective taboo is
excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.outlaw
English
Noun
(en noun)- The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
Synonyms
* (person that operates outside established norms) anti-heroVerb
(outlaw)- to outlaw a debt or claim
- Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.
External links
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English
(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.