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Sa·pir-Whorf hypothesis

-pîr

wôrf

, -hwôrf

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NOUN:

A hypothesis holding that the structure of a language affects the perceptions of reality of its speakers and thus influences their thought patterns and worldviews.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Sapir, Edward, and Whorf, Benjamin Lee

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