tabooism
nounEtymology From taboo + -ism.
1
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:
- Derived terms
- tabooistic