Principlev1
For high-stakes vocabulary in agreements or decisions,
For high-stakes vocabulary in agreements or decisions, request operational definitions from each stakeholder independently before proceeding to verify alignment.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Meaning as Receiver Construction (meaning constructed by receivers), Graded Category Membership Structure (categories have graded membership), and Categories Are Human Constructions (categories constructed for purposes). The principle prescribes independent elicitation + comparison to detect polysemy. Highly actionable and widely applicable.