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- DictionarySa·pir–Whorf hy·poth·e·sis/səˌpirˈ(h)wôrf hīˌpäTHəsəs/
noun
- 1. a hypothesis, first advanced by Edward Sapir in 1929 and subsequently developed by Benjamin Whorf, that the structure of a language determines a native speaker's perception and categorization of experience.
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