law of parsimony

1. A little later Norton reminded them of Hamilton's Law of Parsimony, the application of which they immediately claimed for every reasoning process of theirs.
   不久诺尔屯又反提醒他们汉密尔顿的悭吝律。他们随即宣称他们的每一个推理过程都是应用着这一规律的。
2. The Mental Image Representation Underlying the Law of Parsimony: Interpreting the MHD in Another Way Cognitive Analysis of Politeness Causing Misunderstandings or Errors in Verbal Communication
   表象&认知吝啬原则：MHD问题另释礼貌原则下言语交际失误的认知成因

noun

1. the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly

   Synonym:    Occam's RazorOckham's Razorprinciple of parsimony