WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS

Meaning of WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS in English

[Whorf.ian hypothesis] n [Benjamin Lee Whorf d. 1941 Am. anthropologist] (1954): a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's conception of the world

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WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — noun Etymology: Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American anthropologist Date: 1954 a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's conception …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — ˈ(h)wȯrfēən noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American anthropologist + English -ian : a theory …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — /hwawr"fee euhn, hwohr"-, wawr"-, wohr"-/ . See Sapir-Whorf hypothesis . [ 1960-65; WHORF + -IAN ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — noun Etymology: Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American anthropologist Date: 1954 : a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — Pronunciation: ' wo ̇ r-f ē - ə n-, ' hwo ̇ r- Function: noun Etymology: Benjamin Lee Whorf † …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HYPOTHESIS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Gaia hypothesis hypothesis testing Nostratic hypothesis
Английский словарь Британика
HYPOTHESIS — — hypothesist , n. /huy poth"euh sis, hi-/ , n. , pl. hypotheses /-seez'/ . 1. a proposition, or set …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HYPOTHESIS — noun ( plural hy·poth·e·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo- + tithenai to put — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HYPOTHESIS — noun a tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; …
Webster English vocab
HYPOTHESIS — [hy.poth.e.sis] n, pl -e.ses [Gk, fr. hypotithenai to put under, suppose, fr. hypo- + tithenai to put--more at do] (ca. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HYPOTHESIS — / haɪˈpɒθəsɪs; NAmE -ˈpɑːθ-/ noun ( pl. hy·poth·eses / -siːz; NAmE /) 1. [ C ] an idea or explanation …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HYPOTHESIS — hy ‧ poth ‧ e ‧ sis AC /haɪˈpɒθəsəs, haɪˈpɒθəsɪs $ -ˈpɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural hypotheses /-siːz/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HYPOTHESIS — ( hypotheses) A hypothesis is an idea which is suggested as a possible explanation for a particular situation or condition, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HYPOTHESIS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES put forward a theory/hypothesis ▪ Many theories have been put forward as to the building’s …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HYPOTHESIS — n. Gaia hypothesis hypothesis testing Nostratic hypothesis
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HYPOTHESIS — Synonyms and related words : a priori principle, affirmation, apriorism, assertion, assumed position, assumption, axiom, basis, categorical proposition, conjecture, data, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HYPOTHESIS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plausible ▪ bold ▪ Scientists have proposed a bold ~. ▪ speculative ▪ alternative , competing ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HYPOTHESIS — сущ. гипотеза, догадка, предположение to advance, formulate, propose a hypothesis ≈ выдвинуть гипотезу to confirm a hypothesis ≈ подтверждать гипотезу …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HYPOTHESIS — hypothesis.ogg haıʹpɒθısıs n ( pl -theses) гипотеза, предположение on the hypothesis that ... - в предположении, что ... to assume …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза, предположение; допущение - competing hypothesis - ergodic hypothesis - Navier's hypothesis - single hypothesis - statistical hypothesis
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза, предположение; допущение - competing hypothesis - ergodic hypothesis - Navier's hypothesis - single hypothesis - statistical hypothesis
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
HYPOTHESIS — 1) гипотеза 2) допущение; предположение 3) постулат • hypothesis states that — гипотеза утверждает, что hypothesis under test — проверяемая гипотеза proof from a hypothesis — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HYPOTHESIS — hypothesis сущ.; мн. ч. hypothesesгипотеза, догадка, предположение to advance, formulate, propose a hypothesis — выдвинуть гипотезу to confirm a hypothesis …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HYPOTHESIS — n ( pl -theses) гипотеза, предположение on the hypothesis that ... - в предположении, что ... to assume the very …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HYPOTHESIS — сущ. ; мн. hypotheses гипотеза, догадка, предположение to advance, formulate, propose a hypothesis — выдвинуть гипотезу to confirm a hypothesis …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HYPOTHESIS — сущ.; мн. hypotheses гипотеза, догадка, предположение to advance, formulate, propose a hypothesis — выдвинуть гипотезу to confirm a hypothesis — подтверждать гипотезу null hypothesis …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза - antigen-focusing hypothesis - clonal deletion hypothesis - continental drift hypothesis - induced fit hypothesis - master-strand hypothesis - minigene hypothesis - network hypothesis - null hypothesis - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза - antigen-focusing hypothesis - clonal deletion hypothesis - continental drift hypothesis - induced fit hypothesis - master-strand hypothesis - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза, предположение; допущение - admissible hypothesis - alternative hypothesis - composite hypothesis - goal hypothesis - null hypothesis - single hypothesis - statistical hypothesis - word hypothesis
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза, предположение; допущение - admissible hypothesis - alternative hypothesis - composite hypothesis - goal hypothesis - null hypothesis - single …
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерных терминов
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза, предположение - by hypothesis - test hypothesis with experiment - under the hypothesis - hypothesis of randomness - adjustment …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза, предположение - alternate hypothesis - Bernoulli hypothesis - calculation hypothesis - failure hypothesis - Navier's hypothesis - plane-sections hypothesis …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
HYPOTHESIS — сущ. 1) (от греч. hypothesis - основание, предположение) - научное вероятное предположение, достоверность которого при современном состоянии науки не может …
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
HYPOTHESIS — гипотеза; предположение, допущение см. admissible hypothesis см. alternative hypothesis см. statistical hypothesis
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерной безопасности
HYPOTHESIS — сущ. гипотеза, догадка, предположение to advance, formulate, propose a hypothesis ≈ выдвинуть гипотезу to confirm a hypothesis ≈ подтверждать гипотезу …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNBOUNDED UNIVERSAL HYPOTHESIS — неограниченная универсальная гипотеза working hypothesis weak hypothesis unverifiable hypothesis unsupported hypothesis unproved hypothesis universal hypothesis univariate hypothesis unifying hypothesis unfalsified hypothesis unfalsifiable hypothesis underlying hypothesis ultimate hypothesis two-sided hypothesis true hypothesis testing of hypothesis tested hypothesis testable …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS — sə¦pi(ə)rˈ(h)wȯ(ə)rf- noun Usage: usually capitalized S&W Etymology: after Edward Sapir died 1939 & Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American linguists …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS — /seuh pear"hwawrf", -hwohrf", -wawrf", -wohrf"/ a theory developed by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf that states that the structure …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ETHNOLINGUISTICS — that part of anthropological linguistics concerned with the study of the interrelation between a language and the cultural behaviour of …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOPI LANGUAGE — a North American Indian language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken by the Hopi people of northeastern Arizona. Hopi is of …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHORF, BENJAMIN LEE — (1897-1941) Уорф, Бенджамин Ли Лингвист. Получил известность как соавтор гипотезы лингвистической относительности (гипотезы Сепира-Уорфа) [Whorf-Sapir hypothesis, the Whorf (Whorfian) hypothesis], согласно …
WHORF, BENJAMIN LEE — (1897-1941) Уорф, Бенджамин Ли Лингвист. Получил известность как соавтор гипотезы лингвистической относительности (гипотезы Сепира-Уорфа) [Whorf-Sapir hypothesis, the Whorf (Whorfian) hypothesis], …

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