Definition of parsimony in English:

parsimony

noun ˈpɑːsɪməniˈpɑrsəˌmoʊni

mass noun

Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.
a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony
Example sentencesExamples
- Relations had otherwise, it seems, become somewhat strained because of the husband's unreasonable parsimony.
- In fact, impartiality is far less important in analysing data than parsimony and rigorous self discipline.
- Until recently, the mean generally went undetected, their parsimony hidden from everyone but its recipients.
- All this was true in 1997, even after the years of Conservative parsimony.
- It's particularly galling that German-speakers, not noted for syllabic parsimony, have no problem with it.
- There is parsimony and a restraint in what they say, which is very remarkable.
- They have all blamed Government parsimony and bureaucratic obstruction.
- Some cynics even dared to advance the theory that parsimony on the behalf of the home management had stayed their fingers on the on-off switch.
- A parsimony of spirit haunts education policy, exacerbated by fear of the extremes.
- If it seems that way, it is only because of the puritanism, the pious emotional parsimony, of our American era.
- The railways, too, were once a public utility, but were always treated with a degree of parsimony where funding was concerned.
- We have since paid a terrible price for that parsimony, as those now attending the inquests into the deaths of their loved ones at Paddington will attest.
- He argues that a ruler who wishes to avoid a reputation for parsimony will find that he needs to spend lavishly and ostentatiously.
- But others point to parsimony, quoting examples of penny-pinching and bare-bones operations.
- What connects the two sets of images - the woodcuts and the paintings - is a kind of parsimony.
- And so to see a club like York City, once a byword for financial prudence and parsimony, to be staring over the abyss is a mortal blow.
- Even if the display erred on the side of parsimony, the gleaming expanse of wooden flooring and the glittering space above seemed to invite one in to marvel.
- Yet the decorations were always meager, and their gifts chosen with his usual parsimony.
- The parsimony of the process explains how he was able to release two albums full of his material within a year.
- But perhaps the owners' parsimony is part of the reason for the bank's longevity.
Synonyms
meanness, miserliness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness, closeness, penuriousness, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, illiberality, frugality
informal stinginess, minginess, tightness, tight-fistedness
North American cheapness
archaic nearness

Phrases

principle (or law) of parsimony

The scientific principle that things are usually connected or behave in the simplest or most economical way, especially with reference to alternative evolutionary pathways.
Compare with Occam's razor
Example sentencesExamples
- Generally, following the principle of parsimony, if competing models explain equally well, the more parsimonious model is preferred.
- But this would require us to take an a priori position in favor of the principle of parsimony in order to preserve methodological naturalism.
- Well it is taken to refer to the principle of parsimony that, from the Latin, ‘it is vain to do with more what can be done with less’, or ‘a plurality of things is not to be posited without necessity’.
- Such a loop is initialized with the simplest parameterized model and proceeds with more and more complex structures until the optimal order of the model is found in accordance with a principle of parsimony.
- When there are several branches with low bootstrap values, the numbers of genes in ancestral species are estimated by the same procedure as the above under the principle of parsimony.
- Lest they fall into anthropomorphizing, many behaviorists follow the principle of parsimony, often called Occam's razor, that restricts inferences to the simplest adequate explanation of any particular animal behavior.
- He is remembered as the father of the medieval principle of parsimony, or economy, that advises anyone confronted with multiple explanations or models of a phenomenon to choose the simplest explanation first.
- It should be noted that while others might apply the razor to eliminate the entire spiritual world, Ockham did not apply the principle of parsimony to the articles of faith.
- If so, the law of parsimony of explanation would suggest that the construct of vital exhaustion is redundant.
- Consistent with the principle of parsimony, we then use the correct standard errors of the parameter estimates to drop the highly insignificant variables.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere 'be sparing'.

Definition of parsimony in US English:

parsimony

nounˈpärsəˌmōnēˈpɑrsəˌmoʊni

Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.
a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony
Example sentencesExamples
- Relations had otherwise, it seems, become somewhat strained because of the husband's unreasonable parsimony.
- And so to see a club like York City, once a byword for financial prudence and parsimony, to be staring over the abyss is a mortal blow.
- They have all blamed Government parsimony and bureaucratic obstruction.
- Yet the decorations were always meager, and their gifts chosen with his usual parsimony.
- All this was true in 1997, even after the years of Conservative parsimony.
- There is parsimony and a restraint in what they say, which is very remarkable.
- It's particularly galling that German-speakers, not noted for syllabic parsimony, have no problem with it.
- He argues that a ruler who wishes to avoid a reputation for parsimony will find that he needs to spend lavishly and ostentatiously.
- If it seems that way, it is only because of the puritanism, the pious emotional parsimony, of our American era.
- The parsimony of the process explains how he was able to release two albums full of his material within a year.
- A parsimony of spirit haunts education policy, exacerbated by fear of the extremes.
- Even if the display erred on the side of parsimony, the gleaming expanse of wooden flooring and the glittering space above seemed to invite one in to marvel.
- Some cynics even dared to advance the theory that parsimony on the behalf of the home management had stayed their fingers on the on-off switch.
- In fact, impartiality is far less important in analysing data than parsimony and rigorous self discipline.
- But perhaps the owners' parsimony is part of the reason for the bank's longevity.
- But others point to parsimony, quoting examples of penny-pinching and bare-bones operations.
- We have since paid a terrible price for that parsimony, as those now attending the inquests into the deaths of their loved ones at Paddington will attest.
- The railways, too, were once a public utility, but were always treated with a degree of parsimony where funding was concerned.
- Until recently, the mean generally went undetected, their parsimony hidden from everyone but its recipients.
- What connects the two sets of images - the woodcuts and the paintings - is a kind of parsimony.
Synonyms
meanness, miserliness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness, closeness, penuriousness, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, illiberality, frugality

Phrases

principle (or law) of parsimony

The scientific principle that things are usually connected or behave in the simplest or most economical way, especially with reference to alternative evolutionary pathways.
Compare with Occam's razor
Example sentencesExamples
- Lest they fall into anthropomorphizing, many behaviorists follow the principle of parsimony, often called Occam's razor, that restricts inferences to the simplest adequate explanation of any particular animal behavior.
- When there are several branches with low bootstrap values, the numbers of genes in ancestral species are estimated by the same procedure as the above under the principle of parsimony.
- Such a loop is initialized with the simplest parameterized model and proceeds with more and more complex structures until the optimal order of the model is found in accordance with a principle of parsimony.
- It should be noted that while others might apply the razor to eliminate the entire spiritual world, Ockham did not apply the principle of parsimony to the articles of faith.
- Well it is taken to refer to the principle of parsimony that, from the Latin, ‘it is vain to do with more what can be done with less’, or ‘a plurality of things is not to be posited without necessity’.
- He is remembered as the father of the medieval principle of parsimony, or economy, that advises anyone confronted with multiple explanations or models of a phenomenon to choose the simplest explanation first.
- Consistent with the principle of parsimony, we then use the correct standard errors of the parameter estimates to drop the highly insignificant variables.
- Generally, following the principle of parsimony, if competing models explain equally well, the more parsimonious model is preferred.
- But this would require us to take an a priori position in favor of the principle of parsimony in order to preserve methodological naturalism.
- If so, the law of parsimony of explanation would suggest that the construct of vital exhaustion is redundant.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere ‘be sparing’.

单词	parsimony
释义	Definition of parsimony in English: parsimony noun ˈpɑːsɪməniˈpɑrsəˌmoʊni mass noun Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources. a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony Example sentencesExamples Relations had otherwise, it seems, become somewhat strained because of the husband's unreasonable parsimony. In fact, impartiality is far less important in analysing data than parsimony and rigorous self discipline. Until recently, the mean generally went undetected, their parsimony hidden from everyone but its recipients. All this was true in 1997, even after the years of Conservative parsimony. It's particularly galling that German-speakers, not noted for syllabic parsimony, have no problem with it. There is parsimony and a restraint in what they say, which is very remarkable. They have all blamed Government parsimony and bureaucratic obstruction. Some cynics even dared to advance the theory that parsimony on the behalf of the home management had stayed their fingers on the on-off switch. A parsimony of spirit haunts education policy, exacerbated by fear of the extremes. If it seems that way, it is only because of the puritanism, the pious emotional parsimony, of our American era. The railways, too, were once a public utility, but were always treated with a degree of parsimony where funding was concerned. We have since paid a terrible price for that parsimony, as those now attending the inquests into the deaths of their loved ones at Paddington will attest. He argues that a ruler who wishes to avoid a reputation for parsimony will find that he needs to spend lavishly and ostentatiously. But others point to parsimony, quoting examples of penny-pinching and bare-bones operations. What connects the two sets of images - the woodcuts and the paintings - is a kind of parsimony. And so to see a club like York City, once a byword for financial prudence and parsimony, to be staring over the abyss is a mortal blow. Even if the display erred on the side of parsimony, the gleaming expanse of wooden flooring and the glittering space above seemed to invite one in to marvel. Yet the decorations were always meager, and their gifts chosen with his usual parsimony. The parsimony of the process explains how he was able to release two albums full of his material within a year. But perhaps the owners' parsimony is part of the reason for the bank's longevity. Synonyms meanness, miserliness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness, closeness, penuriousness, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, illiberality, frugality informal stinginess, minginess, tightness, tight-fistedness North American cheapness archaic nearness Phrases principle (or law) of parsimony The scientific principle that things are usually connected or behave in the simplest or most economical way, especially with reference to alternative evolutionary pathways. Compare with Occam's razor Example sentencesExamples Generally, following the principle of parsimony, if competing models explain equally well, the more parsimonious model is preferred. But this would require us to take an a priori position in favor of the principle of parsimony in order to preserve methodological naturalism. Well it is taken to refer to the principle of parsimony that, from the Latin, ‘it is vain to do with more what can be done with less’, or ‘a plurality of things is not to be posited without necessity’. Such a loop is initialized with the simplest parameterized model and proceeds with more and more complex structures until the optimal order of the model is found in accordance with a principle of parsimony. When there are several branches with low bootstrap values, the numbers of genes in ancestral species are estimated by the same procedure as the above under the principle of parsimony. Lest they fall into anthropomorphizing, many behaviorists follow the principle of parsimony, often called Occam's razor, that restricts inferences to the simplest adequate explanation of any particular animal behavior. He is remembered as the father of the medieval principle of parsimony, or economy, that advises anyone confronted with multiple explanations or models of a phenomenon to choose the simplest explanation first. It should be noted that while others might apply the razor to eliminate the entire spiritual world, Ockham did not apply the principle of parsimony to the articles of faith. If so, the law of parsimony of explanation would suggest that the construct of vital exhaustion is redundant. Consistent with the principle of parsimony, we then use the correct standard errors of the parameter estimates to drop the highly insignificant variables. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere 'be sparing'. noun.1 phr. Definition of parsimony in US English: parsimony nounˈpärsəˌmōnēˈpɑrsəˌmoʊni Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources. a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony Example sentencesExamples Relations had otherwise, it seems, become somewhat strained because of the husband's unreasonable parsimony. And so to see a club like York City, once a byword for financial prudence and parsimony, to be staring over the abyss is a mortal blow. They have all blamed Government parsimony and bureaucratic obstruction. Yet the decorations were always meager, and their gifts chosen with his usual parsimony. All this was true in 1997, even after the years of Conservative parsimony. There is parsimony and a restraint in what they say, which is very remarkable. It's particularly galling that German-speakers, not noted for syllabic parsimony, have no problem with it. He argues that a ruler who wishes to avoid a reputation for parsimony will find that he needs to spend lavishly and ostentatiously. If it seems that way, it is only because of the puritanism, the pious emotional parsimony, of our American era. The parsimony of the process explains how he was able to release two albums full of his material within a year. A parsimony of spirit haunts education policy, exacerbated by fear of the extremes. Even if the display erred on the side of parsimony, the gleaming expanse of wooden flooring and the glittering space above seemed to invite one in to marvel. Some cynics even dared to advance the theory that parsimony on the behalf of the home management had stayed their fingers on the on-off switch. In fact, impartiality is far less important in analysing data than parsimony and rigorous self discipline. But perhaps the owners' parsimony is part of the reason for the bank's longevity. But others point to parsimony, quoting examples of penny-pinching and bare-bones operations. We have since paid a terrible price for that parsimony, as those now attending the inquests into the deaths of their loved ones at Paddington will attest. The railways, too, were once a public utility, but were always treated with a degree of parsimony where funding was concerned. Until recently, the mean generally went undetected, their parsimony hidden from everyone but its recipients. What connects the two sets of images - the woodcuts and the paintings - is a kind of parsimony. Synonyms meanness, miserliness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness, closeness, penuriousness, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, illiberality, frugality Phrases principle (or law) of parsimony The scientific principle that things are usually connected or behave in the simplest or most economical way, especially with reference to alternative evolutionary pathways. Compare with Occam's razor Example sentencesExamples Lest they fall into anthropomorphizing, many behaviorists follow the principle of parsimony, often called Occam's razor, that restricts inferences to the simplest adequate explanation of any particular animal behavior. When there are several branches with low bootstrap values, the numbers of genes in ancestral species are estimated by the same procedure as the above under the principle of parsimony. Such a loop is initialized with the simplest parameterized model and proceeds with more and more complex structures until the optimal order of the model is found in accordance with a principle of parsimony. It should be noted that while others might apply the razor to eliminate the entire spiritual world, Ockham did not apply the principle of parsimony to the articles of faith. Well it is taken to refer to the principle of parsimony that, from the Latin, ‘it is vain to do with more what can be done with less’, or ‘a plurality of things is not to be posited without necessity’. He is remembered as the father of the medieval principle of parsimony, or economy, that advises anyone confronted with multiple explanations or models of a phenomenon to choose the simplest explanation first. Consistent with the principle of parsimony, we then use the correct standard errors of the parameter estimates to drop the highly insignificant variables. Generally, following the principle of parsimony, if competing models explain equally well, the more parsimonious model is preferred. But this would require us to take an a priori position in favor of the principle of parsimony in order to preserve methodological naturalism. If so, the law of parsimony of explanation would suggest that the construct of vital exhaustion is redundant. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere ‘be sparing’. noun.1 phr.
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