Occam's razor

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Named after the English Franciscan theologist William of Occam, an advocate of the law of parsimony, and the idea of a razor as a tool that trims or shaves.

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Occam's razor

  1. (epistemology, philosophy) The principle of preferring the simplest of competing theories.
    Synonyms: law of parsimony, principle of parsimony
    • 2005, “Burning Beard”, performed by Clutch:
      Bugger, bugger, bugger dumb the last of academe / Occam's razor makes the cutting clean / Shaven like a banker, Lilac Vegeta

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