tabooism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

taboo +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

tabooism (uncountable)

  1. A system of taboos.
    • 1978, David Dhlalangami Maforo, Black-white Relations in Kenya Game Policy, page 5:
      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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