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Hitchens' razor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A philosophical razor stating that what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Word forms

Hitchens' razor Hitchens's razor

Etymology

After Christopher Hitchens' translation of a Latin law code precept, "Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur".

Related words

Occam's razor Hanlon's razor

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