taboo avoidance (English, noun)
expansion: taboo avoidance (countable and uncountable, plural taboo avoidances)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The replacement of a word or phrase with another by way of euphemism to avoid a cultural taboo (e.g. because the older word has become vulgar, or due to the belief that mentioning a dangerous creature's name may cause that creature to appear).
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: taboo avoidances
tags: plural