tabula rasa

== English == === Etymology === An unadapted borrowing from Latin, where the collocation comprised tabula (“wax-covered writing tablet”, noun) + rāsa, feminine singular of rāsus (“scraped, erased, cleaned (of text)”, participial adjective). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtæbjʊlə ˈɹɑːzə/, /ˈtæbjʊlə ˈɹeɪzə/ === Noun === tabula rasa (plural tabulae rasae or tabulæ rasæ) (philosophy, epistemology) A mind, as of a newborn, free of any impressions, notions, ideas, etc. Synonym: blank slate Near-synonym: clean slate Anything which exists in a pristine state. Near-synonyms: clean slate, blank slate ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== tabula rasa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin tabula rāsa (literally “erased tablet”). === Noun === tabula rasa (education) tabula rasa === Further reading === “tabula rasa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin tabula rāsa (literally “erased tablet”). === Noun === tabula rasa f (invariable) tabula rasa (all senses) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === tabula rasa m tabula rasa (all senses) == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin tabula rasa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.bu.la ˈra.za/ Syllabification: ta‧bu‧la ra‧sa === Noun === tabula rasa f (indeclinable) (philosophy) tabula rasa (the idea that the mind comes into the world as a blank state) === Further reading === tabula rasa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN tabula rasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Spanish == === Noun === tabula rasa f (uncountable) tabula rasa === Further reading === “tabula rasa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025