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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

noun
\ sə¦pi(ə)rˈ(h)wȯ(ə)rf-\

Definition of Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

: whorfian hypothesis

History and Etymology for Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

after Edward Sapir †1939 & Benjamin Lee Whorf †1941 American linguists

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