vicious circle

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Alternative forms

• vicious cycle

Noun

vicious circle (plural vicious circles)

1. A situation in which the solution to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
2. (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.

Synonyms

• (logical fallacy): begging the question, circular argument, petitio principii

Antonyms

• virtuous circle

Translations

situation in which the solution to a problem creates another problem

Chinese: Mandarin: 惡性循環 (cmn), 恶性循环 (cmn) (èxìng xúnhuán) Finnish: noidankehä (fi) French: cercle vicieux (fr) m. German: Teufelskreis (de) m. Greek: φαύλος κύκλος (el) (fávlos kiklos) m. Hungarian: ördögi kör (hu) Icelandic: vítahringur (is) m.

Japanese: 悪循環 (ja) (あくじゅんかん, akujunkan) Korean: 악순환 (ko) (aksunhwan) (惡循環 (ko)) Polish: błędne koło (pl) n. Portuguese: círculo vicioso (pt) m. Romanian: cerc vicios (ro) n., cercuri vicioase (ro) pl. Russian: замкнутый круг (ru) (zámknutyj krug) m. Spanish: círculo vicioso (es) m. Turkish: kısır döngü (tr)

fallacy