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Meanings of vicious circle in English

Portuguese
círculo vicioso
Catalan
cercle viciós

One trouble leads to another that aggravates the first.

círculo vicioso

Life should be of a lot of choices, but our education and society constantly force each of us to be the exact same individual.

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Usage of vicious circle in English
1
Extremism breeds extremism, and this vicious circle needs breaking with sensible counter-narratives.
The Guardian
2
It's a vicious circle the human species has to break, and fast.
Wired
3
It is a vicious circle from which it is difficult to escape.
The Guardian
4
This would drive them further into poverty, thereby continuing the vicious circle.
The Irish Times
5
Such a process is a vicious circle and has no logical validity.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Which is certainly a very sure way out of our vicious circle.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
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The continent appeared to be trapped in a vicious circle of decline.
The Irish Times
8
Hence there would be a vicious circle in the definition; which is inadmissible.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
9
Thus disturbing their mothers all the more, they set up a vicious circle.
Earth Abides
10
Non-organic agricultural systems are highly dependent on chemicals, so feeding a vicious circle.
The Guardian
11
The planters, who were the principal Southern capitalists, trod in a vicious circle.
American Negro Slavery / A Survey of the Supply, Employment and ...
12
The girls must be in the vicious circle, and ably assisted.
The Voice on the Wire
13
These emissions in turn feed more warming, in a vicious circle.
Reuters
14
Thus our democracy moves in a vicious circle of reciprocal worthiness and unworthiness.
Heartbreak House
15
Countries typically break out of such a vicious circle by devaluing.
Reuters
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If they rise substantially, a vicious circle makes the deficit targets harder still.
Reuters
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