tabula rasa
See also: tábula 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)
- (uncountable) The idea that the mind comes into this world as a "blank slate".
- (countable) Anything which exists in a pristine state.
Translations
the idea that the mind comes into the world as a blank state
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Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tabula (“tablet”) + rāsa, feminine singular of rāsus (“scraped, erased”).
Noun
tabula rasa f (uncountable)
- tabula rasa (all senses)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tabula rasa m (definite singular -, indefinite plural, definite plural)
- tabula rasa (all senses)
Spanish
Noun
tabula rasa f (uncountable)
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