vicious circle
A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each…A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
» It's a vicious circle.
Это порочный круг.
Это заколдованный круг.
Це порочне коло.
Meaning
2 sensesA situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
Teufelskreis
за́мкнутый кругzámknutyj krug, заколдо́ванный кругzakoldóvannyj krug, поро́чный кругporóčnyj krug
порочне колоporočne kolo, замкнене колоzamknene kolo
A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
Zirkelschluss, Circulus vitiosus
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
Examples
16 sentencesIt's a vicious circle.
Це порочне коло.
ruЭто порочный круг.
We are entering a vicious circle.
deWir kommen hier in einen Teufelskreis.
You must break the vicious circle.
ruТы должен разорвать этот порочный круг.
deIhr müsst den Teufelskreis brechen!
This vicious circle must be broken.
ruЭтот заколдованный круг нужно разорвать.
deDieser Teufelskreis muss gebrochen werden.
It's some kind of vicious circle.
ruЭто какой-то заколдованный круг.
Translations
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Forms
plural: vicious circles| Singular | vicious circle |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first:vicious cycle