Synonyms for vicious circle
vi·cious cir·cle

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1. vicious circlenoun

   Antonyms:
   virtuous circle

2. vicious circlenoun

   Antonyms:
   virtuous circle

3. vicious circlenoun

   Antonyms:
   virtuous circle

4. vicious circlenoun

   Synonyms:
   begging the question, petitio principii, circular argument

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1. vicious circle, vicious cyclenoun

   one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

   Synonyms:
   vicious cycle

2. vicious circlenoun

   an argument that assumes that which is to be proved

   Synonyms:
   vicious cycle

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1. Grant Shapps:

   We don't want to be in a 1970s vicious circle where you end up with salaries increasing, inflation increasing and so on and so forth. You never get out of this.

2. Graham Taylor:

   You’ve kind of got a vicious circle; if nobody has heard about HTLV-1, then they’re not going to make a diagnosis of HTLV-1, so you then don’t see that there are people in your hospital, in your city, in your country who are HTLV-1-infected and developing disease.

3. Siddharth Astir:

   Life is like a vicious circle.... only the ones on the edge know what it is to face Highs and lows

4. Serigne Mbaye:

   His image at night when we were on the boat always haunts me, the sole fact that he is dead and I’m alive is because of an unjust law that condemns and punishes us. Some of us make it. Some can spend 20 years in a vicious circle without papers.

5. Diana Graber:

   It's almost like a little competition for the number of likes, i think that's anxiety-ridden, because you get likes based on how many friends you have, and you have to keep posting things to get more friends and it's like a vicious circle.