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According to the passage's logic, which of the following is the most likely consequence of a highly centralized, language-regulating 'National Academy' successfully legislating a word's meaning?
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- 1The rapid spread of the newly legislated definition due to the authority of the central body, ensuring linguistic purity.
- 2The immediate and permanent failure of the entire language system due to a breakdown of the social contract.
- 3A temporary state of semantic ambiguity until the collective of speakers either adopts the definition or, more likely, ignores it in favor of social utility.✓
- 4The stabilization of semantic velocity, leading to a long-term fixity in the word's definition across all social classes.
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A temporary state of semantic ambiguity until the collective of speakers either adopts the definition or, more likely, ignores it in favor of social utility.
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