tabooism
English
Etymology
taboo + -ism
Noun
tabooism (uncountable)
- 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.
- 1978, David Dhlalangami Maforo, Black-white Relations in Kenya Game Policy (page 5)