vicious circle

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69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: արատավոր շրջան (aratavor šrǰan) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Asturian: círculu viciosu — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Azerbaijani: çıxılmaz vəziyyət — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Basque: gurpil zoro — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Belarusian: заганны круг (zahanny kruh) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Bulgarian: омагьо́сан кръг (omagjósan krǎg) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Catalan: cercle viciós — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡性循環 /恶性循环 (èxìng xúnhuán) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Corsican: chjerchju viziosu — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Czech: bludný kruh — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Czech: začarovaný kruh — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Danish: ond cirkel — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Dutch: vicieuze cirkel — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Dutch: duivelskring — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Esperanto: malvirta cirklo — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Estonian: nőiaring — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Finnish: noidankehä — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• French: cercle vicieux — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Friulian: cercli viziôs — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Galician: círculo vicioso — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Georgian: მანკიერი წრე (manḳieri c̣re) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• German: Teufelskreis — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Greek: φαύλος κύκλος (fávlos kýklos) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Hindi: दुष्चक्र (duṣcakra) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Hungarian: ördögi kör — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Icelandic: vítahringur — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Ido: vicioza cirklo — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Indonesian: lingkaran setan — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Interlingua: circulo vitiose — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Italian: cerchio vizioso — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Italian: circolo vizioso — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Japanese: 悪循環 (akujunkan) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Korean: 악순환 (aksunhwan) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Korean: 악의 고리 (ag-ui gori) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Latin: circulus vitiosus — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Latvian: burvju loks — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Lithuanian: užburtas ratas — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Macedonian: ма́ѓепсан круг (máǵepsan krug) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Malay: putaran ganas — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Norwegian Bokmål: ond sirkel — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Polish: błędne koło — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Portuguese: círculo vicioso — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Romanian: cerc vicios — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Romansh: circul vizius — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Russian: за́мкнутый круг (zámknutyj krug) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Russian: заколдо́ванный круг (zakoldóvannyj krug) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Russian: поро́чный круг (poróčnyj krug) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Serbo-Croatian: зачарани круг — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Serbo-Croatian: začarani krug — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Slovak: začarovaný kruh — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Slovak: bludný kruh — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Slovene: začarani krog — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Lower Sorbian: cartojske koło — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Lower Sorbian: cartowy krejz — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Spanish: círculo vicioso — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Spanish: pescadilla que se muerde la cola — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Swedish: ond cirkel — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Thai: วงจรอุบาทว์ — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Turkish: kısır döngü — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Ukrainian: порочне коло (poročne kolo) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Ukrainian: замкнене коло (zamknene kolo) — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Welsh: cylch cythreulig — situation in which the response to a problem creates another problem
• Czech: definice kruhem — fallacy
• Finnish: kehäpäätelmä — fallacy
• German: Zirkelschluss — fallacy
• German: Circulus vitiosus — fallacy
• Irish: ciorcal lochtach — fallacy
• Japanese: 循環論法 (junkanronpou) — fallacy
• Polish: błędne koło — fallacy