Taboo vs Interdiction - What's the difference?
taboo | interdiction | Related terms |
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.
the act of interdicting or something interdicted
the destruction of an enemy's military potential before it can be used
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Taboo is a related term of interdiction.
As nouns the difference between taboo and interdiction
is that taboo is an inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion while interdiction is the act of interdicting or something interdicted.As an adjective taboo
is excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.As a verb taboo
is to mark as taboo.taboo
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.
