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tabooism

noun

Etymology

From taboo + -ism.

  1. derived from *tambu✻
  2. derived from *tabu✻
  3. derived from *tapu✻
  4. borrowed from tapu — “prohibited, sacred”
  5. suffixed as tabooism — “taboo + ism”

Definitions

  1. A system of taboos.

    • Indigenous people, such as agriculturists, hunters, and pastoralists initiated a system of totemism and tabooism which in essence was a natural law against killing and eating certain animals.

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