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Essay About Taboo

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Taboo is a strong social prohibition in contradiction of words, objects, actions, or discussions anything that is taken improper is considered undesirable and offensive by a group, culture, society, or community. Taboo is based on the belief that the action a person is going to perform is too sacred but at the same time it is too violent to take the same step by any other ordinary person of the society. Taboo is also performed under the threat of supernatural punishment in most of the societies of the world. But all the stuff related to term taboo exists in all nearly all the societies of world and "breaking a taboo" is usually considered objectionable by society in general. It is also believed that if taboo is break or disobeyed it will cause some kind of trouble for the offender such as the loss of money, loss of health for so many years ahead and death also.
Psychological taboos are due to the frustration and annoyance of a human due to which they tend to do such things to themselves that are offensive to everyone and the society. These taboos make them a different personality in the …show more content…

Anything that is taken improper is considered undesirable and offensive by a group, culture, society, or community. Taboo is based on the belief that the action a person is going to perform is too sacred but at the same time it is too violent to take the same step by any other ordinary person of the society. Taboo is also performed under the threat of supernatural punishment in most of the societies of the world. But all the stuff related to term taboo exists in all nearly all the societies of world and "breaking a taboo" is usually considered objectionable by society in general. It is also believed that if taboo is break or disobeyed it will cause some kind of trouble for the offender such as the loss of money, loss of health for so many years ahead and death

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