Occam's razor

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Occam's razor

Alternative forms

Ockham's razor

Etymology

Named after English Franciscan theologist William of Occam, an advocate of the law of parsimony, and the idea of a razor as a tool that trims or shaves.

Proper noun

Occam 's razor

(epistemology) The principle of preferring the simplest of competing theories.

Synonyms

Translations

principle

Armenian: Օկամի ածելի (Ōkami aceli)
Bulgarian: бръснач на Окам m (brǎsnač na Okam)
Catalan: navalla d'Occam f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧卡姆剃刀／奥卡姆剃刀 (zh) (Àokǎmǔ tìdāo)
Czech: Occamova břitva f
Danish: Ockhams ragekniv
Dutch: Ockhams scheermes n
Estonian: Ockhami habemenuga
Finnish: Occamin partaveitsi
French: rasoir d’Occam m
Galician: navalla de Occam f
German: Ockhams Rasiermesser (de) n
Hebrew: תערו של אוקאם m (ta’aru shel Okkam)
Hungarian: Occam borotvája
Icelandic: rakhnífur Ockhams m
Indonesian: pisau Ockham
Interlingua: rasorio de Occam
Italian: rasoio di Occam m
Japanese: オッカムの剃刀 (Okkamu no kamisori)
Korean: 오컴의 면도날 (okeom-ui myeondonal)
Latin: novacula Guillelmi de Ockham f
Lithuanian: Okamo skustuvas m
Norwegian: Ockhams barberkniv m
Persian: تیغ اوکام (tiğ okâm)
Polish: brzytwa Ockhama f
Portuguese: navalha de Occam f, navalha de Ockham f, lâmina de Occam f, lâmina de Ockham f
Romanian: briciul lui Occam n
Russian: бри́тва О́ккама (ru) f (brítva Ókkama)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Окамова бритва f

Roman: Okamova britva f, Occamova oštrica f
Slovene: Occamova britev m, Occamovo rezilo n
Spanish: navaja de Occam f
Swedish: Ockhams rakkniv c
Thai: หลักการของออคแคม (làk gaan kŏng òkkaem)
Ukrainian: принцип простоти m (pryncyp prostoty), бри́тва О́ккама f (brýtva Ókkama)