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Noun [English]

Forms: vicious circles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vicious circle (plural vicious circles)
  1. A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one. Translations (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem): արատավոր շրջան (aratavor šrǰan) (Armenian), círculu viciosu [masculine] (Asturian), çıxılmaz vəziyyət (Azerbaijani), gurpil zoro (Basque), заганны круг (zahanny kruh) (Belarusian), омагьо́сан кръг (omagjósan krǎg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cercle viciós [masculine] (Catalan), 惡性循環 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶性循环 (èxìng xúnhuán) (Chinese Mandarin), chjerchju viziosu [masculine] (Corsican), bludný kruh [masculine] (Czech), ond cirkel [common-gender] (Danish), vicieuze cirkel [masculine] (Dutch), duivelskring [masculine] (Dutch), malvirta cirklo (Esperanto), nőiaring (Estonian), noidankehä (Finnish), cercle vicieux [masculine] (French), cercli viziôs [masculine] (Friulian), círculo vicioso [masculine] (Galician), მანკიერი წრე (manḳieri c̣re) (Georgian), Teufelskreis [masculine] (German), φαύλος κύκλος (fávlos kýklos) [masculine] (Greek), दुष्चक्र (duṣcakra) [masculine] (Hindi), ördögi kör (Hungarian), vítahringur [masculine] (Icelandic), vicioza cirklo (Ido), lingkaran setan (Indonesian), circulo vitiose (Interlingua), cerchio vizioso [masculine] (Italian), circolo vizioso [masculine] (Italian), 悪循環 (akujunkan) (alt: あくじゅんかん) (Japanese), 악순환 (aksunhwan) (alt: 惡循環) (Korean), circulus vitiosus [masculine] (Latin), burvju loks (Latvian), užburtas ratas [masculine] (Lithuanian), cartojske koło [literary, neuter] (Lower Sorbian), cartowy krejz [colloquial, masculine] (Lower Sorbian), ма́ѓепсан круг (máǵepsan krug) [masculine] (Macedonian), ond sirkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), błędne koło [neuter] (Polish), círculo vicioso [masculine] (Portuguese), cerc vicios [neuter] (Romanian), circul vizius [masculine] (Romansch), за́мкнутый круг (zámknutyj krug) [masculine] (Russian), заколдо́ванный круг (zakoldóvannyj krug) [masculine] (Russian), поро́чный круг (poróčnyj krug) [masculine] (Russian), зачарани круг [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), začarani krug [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), začarovaný kruh [masculine] (Slovak), bludný kruh [masculine] (Slovak), začarani krog [masculine] (Slovene), círculo vicioso [masculine] (Spanish), ond cirkel [common-gender] (Swedish), วงจรอุบาทว์ (Thai), kısır döngü (Turkish), порочне коло (poročne kolo) (Ukrainian), замкнене коло (zamknene kolo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), cylch cythreulig [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-vicious_circle-en-noun-3FNgBYZP Disambiguation of 'situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem': 79 21
  2. (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise. Categories (topical): Logic, Logical fallacies Synonyms (logical fallacy): begging the question, circular argument, petitio principii Translations (fallacy): definice kruhem (Czech), kehäpäätelmä (Finnish), Zirkelschluss [masculine] (German), Circulus vitiosus [masculine] (German), ciorcal lochtach [masculine] (Irish), 循環論法 (junkanronpou) (Japanese), błędne koło [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-vicious_circle-en-noun-nSVhQcws Disambiguation of Logical fallacies: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 59 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'logical fallacy': 12 88 Disambiguation of 'fallacy': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vicious cycle Derived forms: vicious circle principle Related terms: slippery slope

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          "roman": "máǵepsan krug",
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        "(logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise."
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          "word": "begging the question"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fallacy",
          "word": "definice kruhem"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fallacy",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "fallacy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ciorcal lochtach"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "roman": "junkanronpou",
          "sense": "fallacy",
          "word": "循環論法"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fallacy",
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            "neuter"
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        }
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      "_dis1": "21 79",
      "word": "vicious cycle"
    }
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}
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      "word": "virtuous circle"
    }
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      "word": "vicious circle principle"
    }
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      "word": "slippery slope"
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          "ref": "1961 November, “Talking of Trains: London Transport in 1960”, in Trains Illustrated, page 656",
          "text": "Meanwhile street congestion grows worse and the vicious circle tightens of private motor-cars which impede L.T.E. buses in Central London and of exasperated bus travellers who therefore take to using their own cars.",
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        "(logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise."
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      "word": "begging the question"
    },
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      "sense": "logical fallacy",
      "word": "circular argument"
    },
    {
      "sense": "logical fallacy",
      "word": "petitio principii"
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      "word": "vicious cycle"
    }
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aratavor šrǰan",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "արատավոր շրջան"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "círculu viciosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "çıxılmaz vəziyyət"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "gurpil zoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zahanny kruh",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "заганны круг"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "omagjósan krǎg",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "омагьо́сан кръг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cercle viciós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "惡性循環"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èxìng xúnhuán",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "恶性循环"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chjerchju viziosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bludný kruh"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ond cirkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicieuze cirkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duivelskring"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "malvirta cirklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "nőiaring"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "noidankehä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cercle vicieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cercli viziôs"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "círculo vicioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "manḳieri c̣re",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "მანკიერი წრე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Teufelskreis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fávlos kýklos",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φαύλος κύκλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "duṣcakra",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दुष्चक्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "ördögi kör"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vítahringur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "vicioza cirklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "lingkaran setan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "circulo vitiose"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cerchio vizioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "circolo vizioso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あくじゅんかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akujunkan",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "悪循環"
    },
    {
      "alt": "惡循環",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aksunhwan",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "악순환"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "circulus vitiosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "burvju loks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "užburtas ratas"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cartojske koło"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cartowy krejz"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máǵepsan krug",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́ѓепсан круг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ond sirkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "błędne koło"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "círculo vicioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cerc vicios"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "circul vizius"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zámknutyj krug",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́мкнутый круг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakoldóvannyj krug",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "заколдо́ванный круг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poróčnyj krug",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поро́чный круг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зачарани круг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "začarani krug"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "začarovaný kruh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bludný kruh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "začarani krog"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "círculo vicioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ond cirkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "วงจรอุบาทว์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "kısır döngü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poročne kolo",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "word": "порочне коло"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zamknene kolo",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "замкнене коло"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cylch cythreulig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fallacy",
      "word": "definice kruhem"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fallacy",
      "word": "kehäpäätelmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fallacy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zirkelschluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fallacy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Circulus vitiosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "fallacy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciorcal lochtach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "junkanronpou",
      "sense": "fallacy",
      "word": "循環論法"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fallacy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "błędne koło"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vicious circle"
}

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