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"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈta.bu.la ˈra.za/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aza"
}
],
"word": "tabula rasa"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "-",
"head": "tabula rasa"
},
"expansion": "tabula rasa f (uncountable)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish feminine nouns",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish multiword terms",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish uncountable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"tabula rasa"
],
"links": [
[
"tabula rasa",
"tabula rasa#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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}
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