Occam's razor
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Occam's razor /ˈɒkəmz/ (also Ockham's razor)
▶noun the scientific principle that in explaining a thing no more assumptions should be made than are necessary.
– origin C19: named after the 13th-cent. English philosopher William of Occam.
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