tabula rasa
noun/ˌtæbjələ ˈrɑːzə/
/ˌtæbjələ ˈrɑːzə/
(plural tabulae rasae
(from Latin, formal)/ˌtæbjəliː ˈrɑːziː/
/ˌtæbjəliː ˈrɑːziː/
)- a situation in which there are no fixed ideas about how something should develop
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- the human mind as it is at birth, with no ideas or thoughts in it
Word OriginLatin, literally ‘scraped tablet’, denoting a tablet with the writing erased.
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