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Noun: blank slate
  1. A person or thing regarded as having no preconceived ideas or predetermined characteristics
    "The new employee was a blank slate, ready to be trained in company procedures"
     
  2. (philosophy) the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content (tabula rasa)
    "The debate between nature and nurture often references the concept of a blank slate"

Derived forms: blank slates

Encyclopedia: Blank slate