principle of economy

noun

1. another name for Ockham's razor

Example Sentences

The principle of economy in space had hit home.

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It seems better to employ the principle of economy known as Occam’s razor and cut out all the features of the theory that cannot be observed.

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We should therefore use the principle of economy and cut them out of the theory.

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I would say that principle of economy was important here—but it’s just as important in a longer story.

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Britain’s strategic principle of economy of force must be applied.

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