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Whorfian

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Etymology

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From Whorf +‎ -ian.

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Whorfian (comparative more Whorfian, superlative most Whorfian)

  1. (cognitive linguistics) Relating to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which proposes a form of linguistic relativity, i.e. that the structure of a language affects the ways in which its speakers conceptualize their world.

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