Sa·pir-Whorf hypothesis (s -pîr wôrf, -hwôrf)n. 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. [After Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf.] |
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