vicious circle
Pronunciation
/vˈÉĒʃəs sˈɜːkəl ɔːɹ sˈaÉĒkəl/
/vˈÉĒʃəs sˈɜːkəl ɔː sˈaÉĒkəl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "vicious circle"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāϚāĻ•ā§āϰ, āĻ…āĻļ⧁āĻ­ āϚāĻ•ā§āϰ

a situation where one problem brings about another and that only worsens the original problem
Idiom
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's financial troubles resulted in layoffs, which, in turn, led to a decreased workforce, creating a vicious cycle of reduced productivity and more financial woes.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻŋ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāϰāĻ“ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāϚāĻ•ā§āϰ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāϚāĻ•ā§āϰ, āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

an argument in which the conclusion is assumed in the premise, resulting in circular reasoning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The debate fell into a vicious cycle when each side used its own claim as proof.
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāϚāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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