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circulus vitiōsus

[ˈkɪr.kʊ.ɫʊs wɪ.tiˈoː.sʊs]

noun

LanguageLatin

Meaning
  1. A vicious circle
  2. vicious cycle
  3. vicious circle
  4. A situation where a person is caught in a cycle of bad events that reinforce each other.
Examples

Hic est circulus vitiōsus.

This is a vicious circle.

Pronunciationˈkɪr.kʊ.ɫʊs wɪ.tiˈoː.sʊs

Part of speechnoun

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.