vicious spiral

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• vicious — adj. 1 bad tempered, spiteful (a vicious dog; vicious remarks). 2 violent, severe (a vicious attack). 3 of the nature of or addicted to vice. 4 (of language or reasoning etc.) faulty or unsound. Phrases and idioms: vicious circle see CIRCLE n. 11 …   Useful english dictionary

• spiral — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ vicious ▪ downward, upward ▪ deflationary, inflationary ▪ wage price ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• spiral — n. an inflationary; wage price spiral (a vicious inflationary spiral) * * * [ spaɪ(ə)rəl] wage price spiral (a vicious inflationary spiral) an inflationary …   Combinatory dictionary

• vicious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French vicios, from Latin vitiosus full of faults, corrupt, from vitium vice Date: 14th century 1. having the nature or quality of vice or immorality ; depraved 2. defective, faulty; also invalid 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• spiral — 1 adjective in the form of a continuous line or curve that winds around a central point, moving further away from it all the time: a spiral watch spring spirally adjective 2 noun (C) 1 a spiral curve 2 a process, usually a harmful one, in which… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• vicious — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, sound ▪ become, get, turn ▪ The computer wars are going to get vicious over the next few years. ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

• vicious circle —   a downward spiral of negative feedback where a trigger event starts a sequence of effects which continue to make the situation worse …   Geography glossary

• Virtuous circle and vicious circle — A virtuous circle or a vicious circle is a complex of events that reinforces itself through a feedback loop toward greater instability. A virtuous circle (or virtuous cycle) has favorable results, and a vicious circle (or vicious cycle) has… …   Wikipedia

• Price/wage spiral — In macroeconomics, the price/wage spiral (also called the wage/price spiral) represents a vicious circle process in which different sides of the wage bargain try to keep up with inflation to protect real incomes. This process in turn is one cause …   Wikipedia

• The Spiral Staircase (2000 film) — The Spiral Staircase is a 2000 television film remake of the 1946 film of the same title starring Nicollette Sheridan, Judd Nelson, Alex McArthur, Debbe Dunning and Holland Taylor. It was directed by James Head and written by Ethel Lina White,… …   Wikipedia

• Death spiral financing — is a process where convertible financing used to fund primarily small cap companies can be used against it in the marketplace to cause the company’s stock to fall dramatically and can lead to the company’s ultimate downfall. Many small companies… …   Wikipedia