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Vicious circle

A vicious circle (or cycle) is a complex chain of events that reinforces itself through a feedback loop, with detrimental results. It is a system with no tendency toward equilibrium (social, economic, ecological, etc.), at least in the short run. Each iteration of the cycle reinforces the previous one, in an example of positive feedback. A vicious circle…

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Vicious circle

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples22
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

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Vicious circle

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related to Subprime mortgage crisis · 10
Vicious circle → As, Banks, Charlie Rose, Economist Nouriel Roubini, If, MBS, October, September, The, This
related to External links · 8
Vicious circle → Media, Vicious, Virtuous, Wikimedia Commons Media, Wikimedia Commons The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary The, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Other · 4
Vicious circle → Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg, COVID-19, In, Other

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cycle vicious circle virtuous reinforces feedback example housing positive detrimental results mortgage external economic ecological circles related foreclosures banks complex

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Vicious circlerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Vicious circlerelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to External linksVicious0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to External linksWikimedia Commons Media0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to External linksVirtuous0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to External linksWikimedia Commons The0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to External linksWiktionary The0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to External linksWiktionary0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to OtherOther0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to OtherIn0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to OtherAustrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg0.60section
Vicious circlerelated to OtherCOVID-190.60section

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