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Coined by Ernst Pöppel, as a joke, but picked up and popularized by others.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The tendency to explain everything as based on a single cause. Full definition →
Coined by Ernst Pöppel, as a joke, but picked up and popularized by others.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.