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tabula rasa (encz) | tabula rasa, n: |
Tabula rasa (gcide) | Tabula \Tab"u*la\, n.; pl. Tabulae. [L.]
1. A table; a tablet.
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2. (Zool.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles
of certain corals and hydroids.
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Tabula rasa[L.], a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively,
the mind in its earliest state, before receiving
impressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke,
and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the
doctrine of innate ideas.
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tabula rasa (wn) | tabula rasa
n 1: a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to
John Locke)
2: an opportunity to start over without prejudice [syn: {fresh
start}, clean slate, tabula rasa] |
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tabula rasa (encz) | tabula rasa, n: |
tabula rasa (wn) | tabula rasa
n 1: a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to
John Locke)
2: an opportunity to start over without prejudice [syn: {fresh
start}, clean slate, tabula rasa] |
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