Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vicious_circle

2 senses of vicious circle

Sense 1
vicious circle, vicious cycle -- (one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first)
       => positive feedback, regeneration -- (feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input)

Sense 2
vicious circle -- (an argument that assumes that which is to be proved)
       => specious argument -- (an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious)