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.”
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