tabula rasa

See also: tábula rasa

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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 n
• Icelandic: óskrifuð tafla f, óskrifað blað n

• Italian: tabula rasa f
• Japanese: 白紙状態 ‎(hakushi jōtai)
• Portuguese: tábula rasa f

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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)

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Spanish

Noun

tabula rasa f ‎(uncountable)

1. tabula rasa