Dictionary

tabooism en · NOUN

Etymology

From taboo + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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. 1978, David Dhlalangami Maforo, Black-white Relations in Kenya Game Policy, page 5:

Deriveds

tabooistic