"circular definition" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circular definitions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "circular definition (plural circular definitions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Semantics",
          "orig": "en:Semantics",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Saying that obscenity is indecent and then saying something is indecent if it's obscene is a circular definition."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A definition relying directly or indirectly on the term being defined."
      ],
      "id": "en-circular_definition-en-noun-LB0ASnqB",
      "links": [
        [
          "semantics",
          "semantics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(semantics) A definition relying directly or indirectly on the term being defined."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "statement"
        },
        {
          "word": "recursive definition"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "definition",
          "word": "循環定義"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xúnhuán dìngyì",
          "sense": "definition",
          "word": "循环定义"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "definition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "definice kruhem"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "definition",
          "word": "kehämääritelmä"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "junkanteigi",
          "sense": "definition",
          "word": "循環定義"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "definition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "definição circular"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "definition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "definiție circulară"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "definition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "definición circular"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "definition",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "cirkeldefinition"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "circular definition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "circular definition"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circular definitions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "circular definition (plural circular definitions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "statement"
    },
    {
      "word": "recursive definition"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "en:Semantics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Saying that obscenity is indecent and then saying something is indecent if it's obscene is a circular definition."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A definition relying directly or indirectly on the term being defined."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semantics",
          "semantics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(semantics) A definition relying directly or indirectly on the term being defined."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "circular definition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "definition",
      "word": "循環定義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xúnhuán dìngyì",
      "sense": "definition",
      "word": "循环定义"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "definition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "definice kruhem"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "definition",
      "word": "kehämääritelmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "junkanteigi",
      "sense": "definition",
      "word": "循環定義"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "definition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "definição circular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "definition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "definiție circulară"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "definition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "definición circular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "definition",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "cirkeldefinition"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circular definition"
}