Occam's Razor (n)
Ockham's Razor (n)
principle of parsimony (n)
law of parsimony (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly
def the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred
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Hypernym principle, rule
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Hyponym principle, rule

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