Definition of tabula rasa - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

recommencementsituation où l'on repart complètement de zéro

Après sa faillite, il a fait tabula rasa de son ancienne vie.

nouveau départ

repartir de zéro

philosophie

TECH.

théorie selon laquelle l'esprit humain naît vide de toute connaissance

TECH.

Locke défendait la tabula rasa contre les idées innées de Descartes.

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Examples of tabula rasa in a sentence

Après le divorce, elle a décidé de faire tabula rasa.
La tabula rasa est souvent évoquée en psychologie du développement.
Certains philosophes rejettent l'idée de tabula rasa.

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English:clean slate, tabula rasa, ...
German:Tabula rasa, tabula rasa, ...
Italian:tabula rasa, ...
Spanish:borrón y cuenta nueva, mente en blanco, ...
Portuguese:tabula rasa, ...
Chinese:从零开始, 白板说, ...
Japanese:白紙状態, タブラ・ラサ, ...
Arabic:صفحة بيضاء, الصفحة البيضاء, ...
Hebrew:טַבּוּלָה רָסָה, טַבּוּלָה רָאסָה, ...
Russian:чистый лист, tabula rasa, ...
Ukrainian:tabula rasa, чистий аркуш, ...
Catalan:tabula rasa, ...
Danish:tabula rasa, en blank tavle, ...
Dutch:tabula rasa, ...
Greek:καθαρό μηδέν, tabula rasa, ...
Hungarian:tiszta lap, tabula rasa, ...
Khmer:ការចាប់ផ្តើមពីសូន្យទាំងស្រុង, ទ្រឹស្តីចិត្តទទេ, ...
Korean:백지 상태, 백지설, ...
Polish:czysta karta, czysta tablica, ...
Portuguese (BR):tabula rasa, tábula rasa, ...
Romanian:tabula rasa, minte tabula rasa, ...
Swedish:tabula rasa, obeskrivet blad, ...
Thai:การเริ่มต้นใหม่จากศูนย์, ทาบูลา ราซา, ...
Turkish:tabula rasa, boş levha, ...
Vietnamese:làm lại từ đầu, bảng trắng, ...

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