vicious circle (n.)
- absurdity
- aimlessness
- annulus
- areola
- aureole
- casuistry
- chaplet
- circle
- circuit
- circularity
- circumference
- circus
- corona
- coronet
- crown
- cycle
- diadem
- discus
- disingenuousness
- disk
- distortion
- emptiness
- equivocalness
- equivocation
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- fatuity
- fecklessness
- fruitlessness
- futility
- garland
- glory
- halo
- hollowness
- impotence
- inanity
- ineffectiveness
- ineffectuality
- inefficacy
- insincerity
- jesuitism
- jesuitry
- lasso
- loop
- meaninglessness
- misapplication
- mystification
- noose
- obfuscation
- obscurantism
- orbit
- perversion
- plausibility
- plausibleness
- pointlessness
- purposelessness
- radius
- rationalization
- ring
- round
- roundel
- saucer
- sophism
- sophistication
- sophistry
- speciousness
- sphincter
- subtlety
- triviality
- unproductiveness
- unprofitability
- unprofitableness
- valuelessness
- vanity
- wheel
- worthlessness
- wreath
