@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix sco: <http://ontextract.org/sco#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .

sco:StablePolysemy a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "Stable Polysemy" ;
    dcterms:bibliographicCitation "Hamilton et al. (2016) discuss polysemy as driver of change; this represents stable state without active change." ;
    rdfs:comment "Multiple distinct meanings coexist without conflict across disciplines. No single dominant sense emerges." ;
    rdfs:subClassOf sco:SemanticChangeEvent ;
    skos:definition "A semantic state wherein a term maintains multiple distinct, stable meanings across different discourse communities without one meaning dominating or replacing others." ;
    skos:example "The term 'agent' in 2024: simultaneously refers to legal person (law), autonomous system (AI), and chemical catalyst (chemistry)." .