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Taboo A taboo is a vehement prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behavior is either too sacred or too accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies. On a comparative basis taboos, for example related to food items, seem to make no sense at all as what may be declared unfit for one group by custom or religion may be perfectly acceptable to another. Whether scientifically correct or not, taboos are often meant to protect the hu
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- LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of abstemious is someone who abstains or is moderate, often specifically in their consumption of food and beverage. An person who suffers from anorexia is an example of someone who is abstemious.
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Taboo Review: Tom Hardy Steals the Show in the FX Series' Macabre Debut (Episode 1.01) It’s likely an accident that Taboo, the new miniseries actor Tom Hardy co-created for FX alongside his father, Edward “Chips” Hardy, and filmmaker Steven Knight, reads as The Tom Hardy Show.
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Incest taboo Incest is sexual intercourse between individuals related in certain prohibited degrees of kinship. In every society there are rules prohibiting incestuous unions, both as to sexual intercourse and recognized marriage.n incest taboo is any cultural rule or norm that prohibits sexual relations between closely related persons. All human cultures have norms that exclude certain close relatives from those considered suitable or permissible sexual or marriage partners, making such relationships taboo.
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- quarantine (kwɔrəntin ) Word forms: quarantines, quarantining, quarantined. 1. uncountable noun. If a person or animal is in quarantine, they are being kept separate from other people or animals for a set period of time, usually because they have or may have a disease that could spread.
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Tom Hardy Talks Steven Knightâs FX Series TABOO Image via A24. Steve recently spoke to Hardy, and during the interview brought up Taboo : TOM HARDY: The status of Taboo is I should be in the writers room right now [Laughs] and I’m not, I’m here, and that’s ok because I’m gonna dive right in as soon as I get back.
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customs (kŭs′təm) n. 1. a. A traditional practice or usual way of doing something followed by a social group or people. b. The tradition or body of such practices: The respect that is by custom accorded to the king.
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Courthouse Locations Itawamba County Courthouse 201 West Main Street Fulton, MS 38843. Itawamba County Circuit Clerk Carol Gates 201 West Main Street Fulton, MS 38843 Phone: 662-862-3511 Fax: 662-862-4006
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BAN (bani, banned, banning) Meaning: An official prohibition or edict against something. Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents. Synonyms: forbidding; banning; forbiddance; ban. Hypernyms (ban is a kind of...): prohibition (refusal to approve or assent to) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of ban):
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Taboo Taboo - Modernity. 1  Some argue that contemporary multicultural societies have taboos against tribalisms (for example, ethnocentrism and nationalism) and prejudices (racism, sexism, religious extremism).
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virginity Definition of virginity. plural. virginities. 1 : the quality or state of being virgin; especially : maidenhood. 2 : the unmarried life : celibacy.
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commit Word by Word Definitions. commitplay. : to put into charge or trust : entrust. : to place in a prison or mental institution. : to consign or record for preservation.
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Social stigma Description[edit] Stigma is a Greek word that in its origins referred to a type of marking or tattoo that was cut or burned into the skin of criminals, slaves, or traitors in order to visibly identify them as blemished or morally polluted persons. These individuals were to be avoided or shunned, particularly in public places.
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- ab•hor•rence (ab hôr′əns, -hor′-),USA pronunciation n. 1  a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; 2  something or someone extremely repugnant or loathsome. 3  abhorr(ent) + -ence 1650–60.  1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . execration, detestation.
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- National Geographic TV producers did not produce Taboo in seasons of fixed episode counts, thus the number of episodes in each production batch varies wildly. The production order does not necessarily match the order episodes were arranged into for DVD season boxsets.
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Sociology Chapter 2 Norms are expectations or rules for behavior that develop out of a group's values. Folkways are norms that aren't strictly enforced. Mores are norms that when broken, go against a society's basic core values. Taboos are norms that when broken, are repulsive.
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zoonosis plural zoonoses play \ zō-ˈä-nə-ˌsēz, ˌzō-ə-ˈnō-ˌsēz \ : an infection or disease that is transmissible from animals to humans under natural condtions; also: an infection or disease that is transmissible between animals and humans
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pregnant 1 Retained its status as a taboo word until c.1950; modern euphemisms include anticipating, enceinte, expecting, in a family way, in a delicate (or interesting) condition. Among c.1800 slang terms for pregnant was poisoned (in reference to the swelling). convincing, weighty, pithy, late 14c., cogent, convincing, compelling (of evidence, an argument, etc.); sense of full of meaning is from c.1400.
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Ban (law) A ban is a formal or informal prohibition of something. Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory. (100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova.100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania).
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- Full Definition of SHAMAN. 1. : a priest or priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events.
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- (2) A linguistic taboo is a social prohibition that forbids mentioning a word or subject. Commonly, various cultures might have taboos against mentioning bodily fluids, defecation, certain sexual activities, or certain religious terms. These terms often suffer linguistic pejoration and become curse-words..
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censor (ˈsɛnsə) n. 1. a person authorized to examine publications, theatrical presentations, films, letters, etc, in order to suppress in whole or part those considered obscene, politically unacceptable, etc. 2. any person who controls or suppresses the behaviour of others, usually on moral grounds.
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- Full Definition of SHAMAN. 1. : a priest or priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events. 2. : one who resembles a shaman; especially: high priest 3.
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Euphemism A euphemism may itself devolve into a taboo word, through the linguistic process known as semantic change (or perjoration) described by W.V.O. Quine, and more recently dubbed the euphemism treadmill by Harvard professor Steven Pinker.
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restriction re·stric·tion. n. 1. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted: the country's restriction of immigration. 2. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation: a restriction banning dogs from the beach.