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Parsimony may refer to:

• The law of parsimony, or Occam's razor, a problem-solving principle
  • Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics), an optimality criterion in phylogenetics
• Parsimony Press, a fine press brand ran by typographer Robert Norton
• Parsimonious reduction, a type of reduction in complexity theory

See also

• Frugality
• Philosophical razor
• Simplicity

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