vicious circle

English

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))

• Lithuanian: užburtas ratas (lt)
• Macedonian: маѓепсан круг (mk) (máǵepsan krug) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ond sirkel (nb) m

• 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

External links

• Vicious circle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia