单选题 If the argument in the passage is valid, a condensation symbol of performing a gesture in the presence of a specific problem would be LEAST likely to become a referential symbol for expressing dismay when

• (A) the gesture's performance begins to lose its emotional saturation
• (B) people perform the gesture in the absence of any specific problem
• (C) the gesture acquires a secondary emotional meaning
• (D) another gesture for expressing dismay comes into common usage
• (E) people never perform the gesture except when confronted with the specific problem