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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred;
[syn: Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

law of parsimony n 1: the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred [syn: Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony]