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Definition of occam

occam

/ˈɑːk.əm/
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Adjective:Occamian
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• noun

1

William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347), an influential English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian associated with nominalism and the principle of parsimony (usually capitalized as Occam).

Example

"Medieval scholars debated the nominalist arguments advanced by Occam regarding the nature of universals."

2

A concurrent imperative programming language developed in the 1980s based on the communicating sequential processes (CSP) process algebra.

Example

"The parallel computing architecture of the transputer was specifically designed to execute programs written in occam."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Named after William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347), an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher famed for his principle of methodological parsimony known as Occam's razor.

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Historical frequency of usage in published text.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Occam. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/occam
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