law of parsimony

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsOccam's RazorOckham's Razorprinciple of parsimony

   Broaderprinciple

Questions about law of parsimony

What does law of parsimony mean?

law of parsimony means "the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred".

What is another word for law of parsimony?

Close synonyms include Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is law of parsimony a common word?

law of parsimony is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.