virtuous circle

English

WOTD – 6 October 2018

Pronunciation

A diagram illustrating a virtuous circle in the management context

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː.t͡ʃʊ.əs ˈsɜː.kəl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.t͡ʃu.əs ˈsɝ.kəl/
Hyphenation: vir‧tu‧ous cir‧cle

Noun

virtuous circle (plural virtuous circles)

A situation in which the solution to one problem makes each future problem easier to solve than the original one.
Synonym: virtuous cycle

Antonyms: vicious circle, vicious cycle

Translations

situation in which the solution to one problem makes each future problem easier to solve

Catalan: cercle virtuós m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 良性循環 (zh), 良性循环 (zh) (liángxìng xúnhuán)
Dutch: virtueuze cirkel m
Finnish: hyvän kierre
French: cercle vertueux (fr) m
Greek: ενάρετος κύκλος m (enáretos kýklos)
Ido: vertuoza cirklo
Italian: circolo virtuoso m

Japanese: 好循環
Latin: circulus virtuōsus m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: god sirkel m
Portuguese: círculo virtuoso m
Russian: благотво́рный круг m (blagotvórnyj krug), доброде́тельный круг m (dobrodételʹnyj krug)
Spanish: círculo virtuoso m

See also

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Further reading

virtuous circle and vicious circle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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