tabooism

English

Etymology

From taboo +‎ -ism.

Noun

tabooism (uncountable)

1. A system of taboos.
   • 1978, David Dhlalangami Maforo, Black-white Relations in Kenya Game Policy, page 5:

     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.