VICIOUS CYCLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

Synonyms:

vicious circle; vicious cycle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("vicious cycle" is a kind of...):

positive feedback; regeneration (feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input)

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