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Definition of tabula rasa noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tabula rasa

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