- 1a situation in which there are no fixed ideas about how something should develop
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- 2the human mind as it is at birth, with no ideas or thoughts in it
tabula rasa
nounNAmE//ˌtæbyələ ˈrɑzə//, NAmE//ˌtæbyələˈrɑsə//
(pl. tabulae rasae NAmE//ˌtæbyəli ˈrɑzi//, NAmE//ˌtæbyəliˈrɑsi//
) (from Latin) (formal)Check pronunciation: tabula rasa