in a situation in which the solution of one problem leads to a second problem, and the solution of the second problem brings back the first problem, etc. • Life is so strange. I seem to be in a vicious circle most of the time. • I put lemon in my tea to make it sour, then sugar to make it sweet. I'm in a vicious circle. • Don't let your life get into a vicious circle.
Vicious circle
A vicious circle is a sequence of events that make each other worse- someone drinks because they are unhappy at work, then loses their job... 'Vicious cycle' is also used.
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n. phr. A kind of circular or chain reaction in which one negative thing leads to another. Some people take so many different kinds of medicine to cure an illness that they develop other illnesses from the medicine and are thus caught in a vicious circle.
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