vicious circle en · NOUN
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A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
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.
1961 November, “Talking of Trains: London Transport in 1960”, in Trains Illustrated, page 656:
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A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
But historical materialism cannot tell us why one is important and not the other, except on the ground that it is able to account for the latter-and this is clearly a vicious circle.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 365:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vicious circles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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circular argument (logical fallacy) · begging the question (logical fallacy) · vicious cycle (situation) · petitio principii (logical fallacy)
Translations (69)
lt užburtas ratas (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · az çıxılmaz vəziyyət (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · pt círculo vicioso (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · co chjerchju viziosu (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · it circolo vizioso (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · hy արատավոր շրջան (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · sk začarovaný kruh (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · th วงจรอุบาทว์ (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · fi noidankehä (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · eu gurpil zoro (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ga ciorcal lochtach (fallacy) · eo malvirta cirklo (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ru заколдо́ванный круг (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · fr cercle vicieux (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · cy cylch cythreulig (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ko 악의 고리 (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · lv burvju loks (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · hi दुष्चक्र (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ca cercle viciós (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · et nőiaring (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · nl vicieuze cirkel (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ro cerc vicios (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · es pescadilla que se muerde la cola (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ru за́мкнутый круг (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · uk порочне коло (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ko 악순환 (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · gl círculo vicioso (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · sh зачарани круг (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · mk ма́ѓепсан круг (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · sl začarani krog (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · el φαύλος κύκλος (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · sv ond cirkel (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · fur cercli viziôs (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ms putaran ganas (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · it cerchio vizioso (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · cs bludný kruh (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · be заганны круг (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · cmn 惡性循環 /恶性循环 (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · tr kısır döngü (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ka მანკიერი წრე (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ja 循環論法 (fallacy) · bg омагьо́сан кръг (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · dsb cartowy krejz (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · cs definice kruhem (fallacy) · fi kehäpäätelmä (fallacy) · uk замкнене коло (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · nl duivelskring (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · hu ördögi kör (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · rm circul vizius (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · is vítahringur (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · io vicioza cirklo (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · es círculo vicioso (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · id lingkaran setan (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · la circulus vitiosus (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · de Zirkelschluss (fallacy) · pl błędne koło (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · cs začarovaný kruh (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · sk bludný kruh (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · de Circulus vitiosus (fallacy) · dsb cartojske koło (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ja 悪循環 (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ia circulo vitiose (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · nb ond sirkel (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · de Teufelskreis (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · pl błędne koło (fallacy) · da ond cirkel (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ru поро́чный круг (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · ast círculu viciosu (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem) · sh začarani krug (situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem)