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Cambridge Dictionary's results


tabula rasa

noun

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  1. a situation in which nothing has yet been planned or decided, so that someone is free to decide what should happen or be done:

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    The American republic expanded from a near tabula rasa, politically and geographically speaking.

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    Projects should aim to work with the existing urban fabric rather than assuming tabula rasa.
  2. a person whose character is not fixed, and who can develop in different ways:

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    Far from being a tabula rasa awaiting the imprint of others' ideas, he was a man of the most rigid principles.
  3. in philosophy, the human mind before it has any thoughts or ideas, as it is at birth:

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    Holmes conceives of the mind as a tabula rasa.

Oxford Dictionary's results


tabula rasa

noun

uk

us

  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

Merriamwebster Dictionary's results


tabula rasa

noun

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  1. the mind in its hypothetical primary blank or empty state before receiving outside impressions

  2. something existing in its original pristine state

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