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Vicious circles are loops where each iteration of a negative input is reinforced (economics terminology).

Vicious circle (or cycle) may also refer to:

• Circular logic, a kind of logical fallacy
  • In logic, sentences that speak about one another in such a way as to preclude an easy determination of their truth ;^[1] see liar paradox
    • Positive feedback, in science
    • Algonquin Round Table, whose members referred to themselves as "the Vicious Circle"
      • Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, a film about the Round Table
    • Vicious Cycle Software, a company
    • Vicious Circle (hip hop band), UK rap duo
    • Vicious Circle (punk band), an Orange County hardcore punk band, several members of which went on to form TSOL
    • Vicious Circle, a 1995 album by L.A. Guns
    • Vicious Circle (record), 1982 record by Zero Boys
    • Dane Cook: Vicious Circle, an HBO comedy special featuring Dane Cook
    • Vicious Cycle (album), 2003 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
    • Vicious Circle (comics) a fictional grouping of super-beings featured in the Savage Dragon comic book series.

    See also

    • Cycle of violence

    References

    1. ^ Barwise, Jon and John Etchemendy 1987: The Liar, pp. 14, 21. Oxford University Press.

    
    

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