vicious circles
Loops that worsen
A vicious circle is a situation where one problem causes another, which in turn worsens the first: Poverty leads to poor education, which leads to poverty—a vicious circle.
The term comes from circular reasoning in logic, where a conclusion assumes what it's trying to prove.
The phrase vicious cycle means the same thing.
- perpetuationMaking something endure
- poverty trapsSelf-perpetuating economic hardship
- debt trapSelf-perpetuating financial burden
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
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Self-amplifying positive dynamics
virtuous cycles · snowball effects · compound growth · momentum
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Sudden significant advances
escape routes · liberation · resolution · exits · solutions
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