Meaning

2 senses
  1. A 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

  2. A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.

    Zirkelschluss, Circulus vitiosus

More definitions
  • an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
  • one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

Examples

16 sentences
  1. It's a vicious circle.

    Це порочне коло.

    ruЭто порочный круг.

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  2. We are entering a vicious circle.

    deWir kommen hier in einen Teufelskreis.

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  3. You must break the vicious circle.

    ruТы должен разорвать этот порочный круг.

    deIhr müsst den Teufelskreis brechen!

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  4. This vicious circle must be broken.

    ruЭтот заколдованный круг нужно разорвать.

    deDieser Teufelskreis muss gebrochen werden.

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  5. It's some kind of vicious circle.

    ruЭто какой-то заколдованный круг.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem:
Русский
By meaning 1
situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem:
fallacy:

Forms

plural: vicious circles
Singularvicious circle
Pluralvicious circles

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
situation:vicious cycle
Close in meaning
  • one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first:vicious cycle

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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