tabula rasa
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See also: tábula rasa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tabula (“tablet”) + rāsa, feminine singular of rāsus (“scraped, erased”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
tabula rasa (usually uncountable, plural tabulae rasae or tabulæ rasæ)
- (uncountable) The idea that the mind comes into this world as a "blank slate".
- (countable) Anything which exists in a pristine state.
Translations[edit]
the idea that the mind comes into the world as a blank state
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tabula (“tablet”) + rāsa, feminine singular of rāsus (“scraped, erased”).
Noun[edit]
- tabula rasa (all senses)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
Declension of tabula rasa in Bokmål
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Indefinite singular | tabula rasa | tabula rasas |
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- tabula rasa (all senses)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
tabula rasa f (uncountable)