Vicious circle

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.

    "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."

  2. 2
    an argument that assumes that which is to be proved wordnet
  3. 3
    A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
  4. 4
    one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first wordnet

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