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Etymology
After William of Occam, an advocate of the law of parsimony, and the idea of a razor as a tool that trims or shaves. See citations for coinage.
Noun
Occam’s razor
- The principle that entities should not be needlessly multiplied.
- (sciences) The principle of preferring the simpler of two competing theories.
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Translations
both principles
- Bosnian: Okamova britva f
- Bulgarian: бръснач на Окам (brǎsnač na Okam) m
- Catalan: navalla d'Occam f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 奧卡姆剃刀 (cmn), 奥卡姆剃刀 (cmn) (Aòkǎmǔ tìdāo)
- Croatian: Occamova oštrica f, Ockhamova britva f
- Czech: Occamova břitva (cs) f
- Danish: Ockhams ragekniv
- Dutch: Ockhams scheermes n
- Estonian: Ockhami habemenuga
- Finnish: Occamin partaveitsi (fi)
- French: rasoir d’Occam (fr) m
- Galician: navalla de Occam (gl) f
- German: Ockhams Rasiermesser (de) n
- Hebrew: תערו של אוקאם (he) (ta’aru shel Okkam) m
- Hungarian: Occam borotvája
- Icelandic: rakhnífur Ockhams (is) m
- Indonesian: pisau Ockham
- Interlingua: rasorio de Occam (ia)
- Italian: rasoio di Occam (it) m
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- Japanese: オッカムの剃刀 (ja) (okkamu no kamisori)
- Korean: 오컴의 면도날 (ko) (okeom-ui myeondonal)
- Latin: novacula Guillelmi de Ockham (la) f
- Lithuanian: m
- Norwegian: Ockhams barberkniv (no) m
- Persian: تیغ اوکام (tigh Okâm)
- Polish: brzytwa Ockhama (pl) f
- Portuguese: navalha de Occam (pt) f
- Romanian: briciul lui Occam (ro) m
- Russian: бритва Оккама (ru) (brítva Ókkama) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Окамова бритва (sh) f
- Roman: Okamova britva (sh) f
- Slovene: Occamova britev (sl) m, Occamovo rezilo (sl) n
- Spanish: navaja de Occam (es) f
- Swedish: Ockhams rakkniv (sv) c
- Thai: หลักการของออคแคม (th) (làk gaan kŏng òkkaem)
- Ukrainian: принцип простоти (uk) (pryntsyp prostoty) m, бритва Оккама (uk) (brytva Okkama) f
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