taboo

Summary

taboo ranks in the top 0.78% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,984 views/month, #608 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• taboo is a type of human behavior^[2].
• taboo is a type of custom^[3].
• taboo is a type of convention^[4].
• taboo is part of psychological terminology^[5].
• taboo is part of clan^[6].
• taboo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taboo^[7].
• taboo's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• taboo's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• taboo's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[10].
• taboo's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[11].
• taboo's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• taboo's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• taboo's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11^[14].
• taboo's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[15].
• taboo's different from is recorded as Tabu^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include human behavior^[2], custom^[3], and convention^[4].

Use and Application

Part of include psychological terminology^[5] and clan^[6].

Influence

Things named for taboo include Taboo^[17], a film^[18], directed by Kirdy Stevens^[19] and Tabú^[20], a single^[21].

Why It Matters

taboo ranks in the top 0.78% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,984 views/month, #608 of 77,819).^[1] taboo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] taboo is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]

Entities named for taboo include Taboo^[17], a film^[18], directed by Kirdy Stevens^[19] and Tabú^[20], a single^[21].