tabula rasa

English

Etymology

From Latin tabula (“tablet”) + rāsa, feminine singular of rāsus (“scraped, erased”).

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Noun

tabula rasa (usually uncountable; plural tabulae rasae or tabulæ rasæ)

1. (uncountable) The idea that the mind comes into this world as a "blank slate".
2. (countable) Anything which exists in a pristine state.

Translations

the idea that the mind comes into the world as a blank state

• Dutch: onbeschreven blad (nl) n
• Icelandic: óskrifuð tafla (is) f, óskrifað blað (is) n

• Italian: tabula rasa (it) f
• Japanese: 白紙状態 (ja) (hakushi jōtai)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin tabula (“tablet”) + rāsa, feminine singular of rāsus (“scraped, erased”).

Noun

tabula rasa f (invariable)

1. tabula rasa (all senses)