Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. 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 (context logic English) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise. n. 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 (context logic English) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
WordNet
n. one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first [syn: vicious cycle]
an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
Wikipedia
Vicious Circle may refer to:
- Vicious circle, a complex of events that reinforces itself through a feedback loop
Vicious Circle is the fourth album by L.A. Guns. Most of the songs have Phil Lewis on lead vocals, but the track "Nothing Better to Do" features Kelly Nickels on lead vocals, and "Tarantula" is instrumental. MC Bones drums on several songs. Lewis and Bones also played together in the band Filthy Lucre. Filthy Lucre bandmates Steve Dior and Jim Wirt sing backing vocals on several songs. Wirt was also the album's producer and engineer.
After Bones left the band after recording, Steve Riley rejoined the band to tour for the album; it was the last time the classic line-up played together until 1999, Tracii Guns and Riley being the only classic members remaining after the tour.
According to L.A. Guns folklore, Guns originally left the band prior to recording Vicious Circle. With Guns gone, the remaining members kicked around the idea of renaming the band L.A. Nickels, after bassist Kelly Nickels, before opting to keep the L.A. Guns name. PolyGram was completely unaware the guitarist had left the group. The record company would later threaten legal action against the group when they discovered Guns was missing during the recording process. As a result, Guns returned to the band to finish the recording of the album and subsequent tour. This whole scenario is probably what inspired the album's title: Vicious Circle. Which was defined in the album credits as: A situation in which the solution to each problem gives rise to another, eventually bringing back the initial problem.
Vicious Circle is a 2008 drama film directed and written by Paul Boyd.
Vicious Circle is a 2013 novel by Wilbur Smith.
"Vicious Circle" is a Return of the Saint episode of the television series. It was broadcast on February 11, 1979. In the episode, Simon Templar's friend is murdered while driving. The episode is cast in Italy.
Notable American actor Mel Ferrer played the role of psychiatrist Dr. Paoli Bruli, who spoke English with an American accent.
Usage examples of "vicious circle".
A vicious circle, worsened by other jealousies and hatreds intercrossing everywhere.
Existence among you is a giant pretense, an act you all perform for one another, each feeling that he is the only guilty freak, each placing his moral authority in the unknowable known only to others, each faking the reality he feels they expect him to fake, none having the courage to break the vicious circle.
Marie LeGarde tried to smile at me, but it was a pathetic effort, and she looked ten years older than she had on the previous night: she was one of the few with a sleeping-bag, but even so she must have passed a miserable six hours, and there is nothing so exhausting to the human body as uncontrollable night-long shivering, a vicious circle in which the more one shivers the tireder one becomes, and the tireder the less resistance to cold and hence the more shivering.
It was a vicious circle and once started it would be difficult indeed to break out of it.
The first pair closed, but now the second made them falter and reopen, a vicious circle of infectious yawning.
Worry about the symptoms naturally increased them, a vicious circle.
The New Intellectuals will be those men who will come out into the open and have the courage to break that vicious circle.