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parsimony Definition

par·si·mony (pär′sə mō′nē)

noun

a tendency to be over-careful in spending; unreasonable economy; stinginess

Etymology: ME parcimony < L parcimonia < parcere, to spare: akin to (com)pescere, to enclose, limit

parsimony Synonyms

parsimony

n.

stinginess, selfishness, providence; see frugality, greed.

parsimony Usage Examples

Converse of object

use: Sixty six morphological character matrices were analyzed using parsimony.

Adjective modifier

theoretical: More than not, however, reductive realists object to non-reductivists on grounds of theoretical parsimony.

Modifies a noun

procedure: Codon degeneracy 2. 5. Construction of ancestral sequences by parsimony procedures 2.6.

Noun used with modifier

  • tree: During this discussion we introduce a number of recent developments of gene tree parsimony methods overlooked by Simmons and Freudenstein.
  • gene: During this discussion we introduce a number of recent developments of gene tree parsimony methods overlooked by Simmons and Freudenstein.