This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.
excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject
excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
If something is forbidden, you are not allowed to do it or have it. Smoking was forbidden everywhere It is forbidden to drive faster than 20mph
A forbidden place is one that you are not allowed to visit or enter. This was a forbidden area for foreigners
Forbidden is used to describe things that people strongly disapprove of or feel guilty about, and that are not often mentioned or talked about. The war was a forbidden subject Divorce? It was such a forbidden word. = taboo