PRINCIPLE OF PARSIMONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does principle of parsimony mean? 

• PRINCIPLE OF PARSIMONY (noun)
  The noun PRINCIPLE OF PARSIMONY has 1 sense:

1. the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred

  Familiarity information: PRINCIPLE OF PARSIMONY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRINCIPLE OF PARSIMONY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

law of parsimony; Occam's Razor; Ockham's Razor; principle of parsimony

Hypernyms ("principle of parsimony" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)