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tabula_rasa

tabula rasa

See also: tábula rasa

English

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


Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

tabula rasa f (invariable)

  1. tabula rasa (all senses)

Spanish

Noun

tabula rasa f (uncountable)

  1. tabula rasa