VOC-003 — Level vocabulary
Authority: CLM-L024 · CLM-L025 | Edition: 1.0 | Status: Active
The approved level terms
| Level band | Approved terms | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Upper range | high · strong · upper range · prominent · leading | "High" is the default. "Prominent" for Natures that visibly shape a profile. "Leading" only for the dominant Nature(s) in a profile. |
| Mid range | mid-range · moderate · mid · in the middle range | "Moderate" is acceptable; "average" is not (implies a norm to be compared against). |
| Lower range | low · lower range · mild · in the lower range | "Mild" for Natures with enough presence to register but not enough to dominate. "Low" is the default for below-mid. |
Forbidden level language
| ✗ Forbidden | Why |
|---|---|
| very high · extremely high · off the charts | Superlatives introduce false precision and imply a ceiling that the framework doesn't claim |
| barely any · almost none · negligible | Deficit diminutives import the low-is-bad frame (see DEC-008) |
| average | Implies comparison to a population norm; MN profiles are not norm-referenced |
| above average · below average | Same problem as "average" |
| weak · poor | Deficit framing (see DEC-008) |
| strong suit · weak suit | "Suit" imports card-game metaphor; "weak" imports deficit frame |
| dominant (for a single Nature in isolation) | Acceptable when comparing within a profile ("her leading Natures"); misleading when applied to a single Nature without profile context |
| 8.3 · scored 7 · a 4 on Interpersonal | Raw numbers in prose (see RULE-G03) |
Usage in sentences
Describing a single Nature:
- Her Healing Nature is high. ✓
- He has a low Administrative Nature. ✓
- Her Investigative Nature falls in the upper range. ✓
- His Entertaining Nature is mild — present but not dominant. ✓
Describing a profile:
- Her profile is led by high Creative and Healing Natures, with lower Administrative and Persuasive Natures. ✓
- The profile shows strong Protective and Investigative Natures in the upper range, with mid-range Interpersonal and Entertaining Natures. ✓
Describing multiple Natures relative to each other:
- Her leading Natures are Creative and Healing; her Administrative and Persuasive Natures are in the lower range. ✓
- His Protective Nature is his strongest orientation; Entertaining is his mildest. ✓
Why level language, not numbers
See RULE-G03 for the full treatment. The short version: numbers carry false precision and imply a scale with a preferred end. "High Creative Nature" positions the Nature relative to the profile and the situation; "8.3 Creative" positions it on an abstract scale that has no situational meaning on its own.
Why no superlatives
"Extremely high" implies a ceiling — that there is a maximum and this person is near it. The framework makes no claim about where a ceiling is or what being near it means. "High" already indicates upper-range engagement; superlatives add rhetorical heat without analytical content.
Why no population comparisons
"Above average Healing Nature" implies MN profiles are norm-referenced against a population distribution. The framework does not make this claim. A "high Healing Nature" means high engagement orientation within that person's profile and relative to situational demand — not high relative to other people.