Proscription vs Taboo - What's the difference?
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A prohibition.
(history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
* 1837 , Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb,
The act of proscribing, or its result.
A decree or law that prohibits.
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.
Proscription is a related term of taboo.
As nouns the difference between proscription and taboo
is that proscription is a prohibition 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.proscription
English
(wikipedia proscription)Noun
(en noun)- He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]
Usage notes
* Do not confuse with prescriptiontaboo
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.