vicious circle

complex chain of events that reinforces itself through a feedback loop
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vicious circle

Summary

vicious circle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • vicious circle's image is recorded as Cycle of depression.jpg[2].
  • vicious circle's subclass of is recorded as chain of events[3].
  • vicious circle's part of is recorded as virtuous circle and vicious circle[4].
  • vicious circle's Commons category is recorded as Vicious circles[5].
  • vicious circle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/021_2k[6].
  • vicious circle's facet of is recorded as feedback[7].
  • vicious circle's facet of is recorded as risk[8].
  • vicious circle's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0168239[9].
  • vicious circle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/vicious-circle[10].
  • vicious circle's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 23979983[11].
  • vicious circle's Lex ID is recorded as circulus_vitiosus[12].
  • vicious circle's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C23979983[13].
  • vicious circle's WikiKids ID is recorded as Vicieuze_cirkel[14].
  • vicious circle's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as cercle-vicios[15].

Why It Matters

vicious circle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [13] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vicious-circle_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{vicious circle}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vicious-circle}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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