Word of the Day – Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa (noun)

tab-yoo-la rah-za

An absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate: The human mind, especially at birth, viewed as having no innate ideas.

Latin; literally scraped tablet, denoting a tablet with the writing erased.

Example sentences

“Man is born a tabula rasa; his behaviour is learned, his bigotries and fears are not innate.”

“While we are all born with a certain genetic make-up, ultimately we are a society of learners, meaning that we are born tabula rasa and develop habits through imitation.”