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taboo avoidances

taboo avoidances is the plural of taboo avoidance.

Meaning of taboo avoidance

Noun

taboo avoidance (countable and uncountable, plural taboo avoidances)

  1. The replacement of a word or phrase with another by way of euphemism to avoid a cultural taboo (e.g. because the older word has become vulgar, or due to the belief that mentioning a dangerous creature's name may cause that creature to appear).
    • It is believed that Slavic *medvědь (“bear”, literally “honey-eater”) replaced an earlier word because of taboo avoidance.

Questions about taboo avoidances

What is taboo avoidances the plural of?
Taboo avoidances is the plural of taboo avoidance.

Words near taboo avoidances in the dictionary

  1. tabontabons
  2. tabonuco
  3. tabonucos
  4. taboo
  5. taboo avoidance
  6. taboo avoidances
  7. taboo deformation
  8. taboo deformations
  9. tabooed
  10. tabooer
  11. tabooers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taboo avoidances (page history and authors); taboo avoidance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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