virtuous circle

virtuous circle
A situation in which the solution to one problem makes each future problem easier to solve the original one.

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  • virtuous circle — noun A process by which something good or beneficial is enhanced by its own consequences, opp to vicious circle • • • Main Entry: ↑virtue * * * virtuous circle UK US noun [singular] a process in which a good action or event produces a good result …   Useful english dictionary

  • virtuous circle — or ,virtuous cycle noun singular MAINLY BRITISH a process in which a good action or event produces a good result that also causes the process to continue so that more good results happen ─ opposite VICIOUS CIRCLE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • virtuous circle — UK / US or virtuous cycle UK / US noun [singular] a process in which a good action or event produces a good result that also causes the process to continue so that more good results happen …   English dictionary

  • virtuous circle — N SING If you describe a situation as a virtuous circle, you mean that once one good thing starts happening, other good things happen, which cause the first thing to continue happening. Exercise creates its own virtuous circle. Once you start a… …   English dictionary

  • Virtuous circle and vicious circle — A virtuous circle or a vicious circle is a complex of events that reinforces itself through a feedback loop toward greater instability. A virtuous circle (or virtuous cycle) has favorable results, and a vicious circle (or vicious cycle) has… …   Wikipedia

  • virtuous circle — noun a recurring cycle of events, the result of each one being to increase the beneficial effect of the next …   English new terms dictionary

  • virtuous cycle — virtuous circle UK / US or virtuous cycle UK / US noun [singular] a process in which a good action or event produces a good result that also causes the process to continue so that more good results happen …   English dictionary

  • virtuous cycle — variant UK US Main entry: virtuous circle …   Useful english dictionary

  • circle, virtuous — A virtuous circle is a circular definition or argument whose circularity does not matter for the purpose at hand. For example, in the definition ‘ x is boring if and only if x seems boring to most people in standard conditions’, the term ‘boring’ …   Philosophy dictionary

  • virtuous cycle — (VUR.choo.us sy.kul) n. One good thing leads to another. That is, a situation in which improvement in one element of a chain of circumstances leads to improvement in another element, which then leads to further improvement in the original element …   New words

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