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Taboo

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A taboo is a norm so strongly held that its violation is met with revulsion, and often with exclusion from the group.

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Someone who breaches the incest taboo is not fined; family members stop speaking to them and no longer acknowledge the relationship.

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A taboo's strength shows in the reaction, not in the penalty a statute names.

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