Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Taboo

Any negative tradition or behavior that is generally regarded as harmful to social welfare and forbidden within a cultural or social group.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Any negative tradition or behavior that is generally regarded as harmful to social welfare and forbidden within a cultural or social group.

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1 entry terms
  • Taboos

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3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, history, psychology.

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  1. I01w.076w.201w.450w.948w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Taboo. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013609. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013609
  2. Taboo. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo
  3. Taboo. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171180