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Noun: Ockham's Razor
  1. The principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred
    - Occam's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony

Type of: principle, rule

Encyclopedia: Ockham's Razor