Usually means: Language shapes our thought processes.
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  1. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Wiktionary
  5. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Dictionary.com
  7. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Sapir-Whorf hypothesis)

noun:  (linguistics) The hypothesis that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

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