ockham's razor
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "But at many other times, journalists come up with overly convoluted explanations for Trump's behavior ("this seemingly self-destructive emotional outburst is actually a clever political strategy!") when simpler ones will suffice ("this is a self-destructive emotional outburst."). In doing so, they violate both Ockham's razor and Hanlon's razor — the latter of which can be stated as "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.""