taboo in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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taboo Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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In fact, the word tornado was considered taboo until warnings were first issued in 1950.
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This is due to strict fengjian taboo which forbade men and women to appear together on stage.
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Because animal skins are used primarily by skinwalkers, the pelt of animals such as bears, coyotes, wolves, and cougars are considered taboo.
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This promotional scheme broke the taboos and made rail transport acceptable to the society.
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Their function can also include defusing community tensions, providing their own humorous interpretation of popular culture, re-enforcing taboo and communicating tradition.
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The houses are at the centre of a web of customs, social relations, traditional laws, taboos, myths and religions that bind the villagers together.
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The film was on screen for four days, but then was renditioned five times for its taboo scenes.
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Also, taboos against things such as dating have been reduced.
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Such taboos increase the demand for religiously neutral leathers like ostrich and deer.
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The positive and upbeat awareness-raising campaign was designed to make young people feel comfortable talking about a subject that is otherwise fearful and taboo.
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