Vicious Circle

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
VC
Pronunciation
/ˈvɪʃəs ˈsərkəl/
Category
Community
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. The more pesticides are used, the more resistant the insects become so the more pesticides have to be used. It's a vicious circle.
  2. The Home Secretary aims to break the vicious circle between disadvantage and crime
  3. There is a vicious circle going on & prosperity, surplus, depression.
  4. That's a vicious circle we have made.
  5. The eurozone is caught in a vicious circle.

Other meanings of VC