tabula rasa

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  1. noun The mind before it receives the impressions gained from experience.
  2. noun The unformed, featureless mind in the philosophy of John Locke.
  3. noun A need or an opportunity to start from the beginning.

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  1. Medieval Latin tabula rāsa : Latin tabula, tablet + Latin rāsa, feminine of rāsus, erased.
 

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