φαύλος κύκλος

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Greek

FWOTD – 6 October 2018

Etymology

Calque of Medieval Latin circulus vitiōsus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfavlos ˈciklos/
  • Hyphenation: φαύ‧λος κύ‧κλος

Noun

φαύλος κύκλος • (fávlos kýklos) m (plural φαύλοι κύκλοι)

  1. vicious circle
    Antonym: ενάρετος κύκλος (enáretos kýklos)
    • 2015, Χαρίδημος Τσούκας, Η τραγωδία των κοινών: Πολιτική φαυλότητα, απαξίωση θεσμών και χρεοκοπία‎, →ISBN:
      —«Πώς βγαίνει κανείς από τον φαύλο κύκλο;»
      —«Δύσκολα. Τέτοια προβλήματα είναι δυσεπίλυτα: επειδή είναι κυκλικά, δεν ξέρεις από πού να αρχίσεις.
      —«Pós vgaínei kaneís apó ton fávlo kýklo;»
      —«Dýskola. Tétoia provlímata eínai dysepílyta: epeidí eínai kykliká, den xéreis apó poú na archíseis.
      “How do you get out of a vicious circle?”
      “With difficulty. Such problems are difficult to solve: since they're cyclical, you don't know where to begin.
  2. (logic) petitio principii

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ φαύλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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