circulus vitiosusn.
/ˌsəːkjʊləs vɪʃɪˈəʊsəs//ˌsəːkjʊləs vɪtɪˈəʊsəs/ = vicious circle at vicious adj. 9. (In both Logic and Pathology senses.)
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1902 C. Hague tr. F. C. Brentano Origin Knowl. Right & Wrong 99 Whoever bases..mathematics upon induction cannot possibly justify mathematically the inductive procedure. It would be for him a circulus vitiosus.
1908 Practitioner 80 19 The congestive stasis is increased by the fits, and there is a tendency to the formation of a circulus vitiosus.
1941 Mind 50 370 The circulus vitiosus..is a universal phenomenon in the foundations of science.
1964 C. Hastings tr. E. Schrödinger View of World 81 Professor John Synge..uses what is called the circulus vitiosus to make mild fun of one-language dictionaries.
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