-ˈräsə, -ˈrāsə noun
( plural tabulae ra·sae -ˈräˌsī, -ˈrāˌsē)
Etymology: Latin
: a smoothed tablet or blank slate — used especially of the mind before receiving outside impressions
came into this world with a mind innocent and blank, a tabula rasa — Times Literary Supplement
— see lockeanism