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This property associates any instance of crm:E1 CRM Entity with a literal string expressing a concise textual definition of the entity. The definition is intended to provide a short, explanatory description that supports understanding and identification of the entity by human users.

This property enables the documentation of lightweight definitions without requiring explicit modelling of the definition as an instance of crm:E33 Linguistic Object. It is therefore intended primarily for documentation, display, and contextual clarification, rather than for detailed linguistic or discourse analysis.

Semantically, this property is a shortcut for the following path: crm:E1 CRM Entity → crm:P129i is subject of → crm:E33 Linguistic Object → crm:P190 has symbolic content → crm:E62 String

The value should be brief and descriptive rather than analytical or argumentative and should not be used for extensive scholarly commentary, interpretation, or argumentation; such content should be modelled explicitly using crm:E33 Linguistic Object where required.

This property has no formal impact on classification or reasoning and must ot be used as a substitute for scholarly definitions.

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