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whorfian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
whor-fi-an
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Etymology

From Whorf + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Whorfian (comparative) most Whorfian (superlative)

Derived Forms

Whorfianism

Questions

What does whorfian mean?
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.
Where does whorfian come from?
From Whorf + -ian.

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