Virtuous circle and vicious circle
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The terms virtuous circle and vicious circle (also referred to as virtuous cycle and vicious cycle) refer to complex chains of events that reinforce themselves through a feedback loop.
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See also
- Catch-22 (logic)
- Causal loop diagram
- Cycle of poverty
- Closed timelike curve
- Endogeneity (econometrics)
- Positive feedback
- Rational addiction
- Reflexivity (sociology)
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Spiral of silence
- Unintended consequences
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Analogous concepts
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