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parsimoniousness
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parsimoniousness
n.
state of being parsimonious, stinginess, extreme frugality
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Occam's razor
Occam's razor (also written as Ockham's razor, and lex parsimoniae in Latin, which means law of parsimony) is a problem-solving principle attributed to William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347), who was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher and theologian. The principle can be interpreted as stating Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
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parsimoniousness
Noun
1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
(synonym) parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching
(hypernym) frugality, frugalness
2. extreme stinginess
(synonym) meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
(hypernym) stinginess
(hyponym) pettiness
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parsimony
n.
بخيلي, بخل, جز رسي, کفايت, تنگ دلي, کنجوسي
بخيلي, بخل, جز رسي, کفايت, تنگ دلي, کنجوسي
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parsimoniousness
parsimoniousness /,pɑ:si'mounjəsnis/
- danh từ
- tính tằn tiện, tính hà tiện, tính bủn xỉn
- tính tằn tiện, tính hà tiện, tính bủn xỉn
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