Synonyms for vicious cycle
vi·cious cy·cle

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1. vicious circle, vicious cyclenoun

   one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

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   vicious circle

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1. Amy Arnsten:

   I am not a bad person -- this is just how the brain changes with chronic stress. It's doing it to try to protect me, even though in this situation, it's making it worse, having that kind of insight and perspective can break the vicious cycle where you're blaming yourself for not being better.

2. Foreign Minister Park:

   I think we need to break the vicious cycle for the people in terms of national interest without neglecting such a prolonged strained relationship between South Korea and Japan.

3. Linda Darling Hammond:

   When states respond to shortages by reducing standards rather than increasing salaries and improving working conditions, what they’re doing is creating a vicious cycle. They get people in who are underprepared. Those people leave at two to three times the rate of those who have come in with preparation. you’re undermining student achievement.

4. Francois Savary:

   There had been fears about the bond market blowing up, but for the time being there's a return to normal correlation in the market, so we don't see a vicious cycle where bonds bring down equities and equities brings down bonds.

5. Kim Thomas:

   My clients won't be able to afford me. I can't make a living. It's a vicious cycle.