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Whorfian hypothesis

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Main Entry:: Whorf·ian hypothesis
Pronunciation:: \ˈwȯr-fē-ən-, ˈhwȯr-\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Benjamin Lee Whorf †1941 American anthropologist
Date:: 1954

: a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's conception of the world

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