Meaning Of The Word Sacred cow

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Sacred cow Meaning

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Sacred cow Definition

What's The Definition Of Sacred cow?

sacred cow
countable noun: If you describe a belief, custom, or institution as a sacred cow, you disapprove of people treating it with too much respect and being afraid to criticize or question it.

sacred cow in British English
any person or thing regarded as above criticism or attack
noun: a person, institution, custom, etc, unreasonably held to be beyond criticism
noun: an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning

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