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Occam's razor

–noun
the maxim that assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

Origin:
1900–05; after William of Occam
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Occam''s razor 
when two competing hypotheses explain the data equally well, choose the simpler. Named for Eng. philosopher William of Ockham (c.1285-c.1349).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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