vicious circle
nounDefinitions
A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making…
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.
A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove…
A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
The neighborhood
- antonymvirtuous circle
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for vicious circle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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