virtuous circle
COMPLEX CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT REINFORCES ITSELF THROUGH A FEEDBACK LOOP
Virtuous circle; Virtue (economics); Virtuous cycle; Vicious cycle; Viscious cycle; Viscious circle; Vicious spiral; Reinforcing cycle; Re-inforcing cycle; Virtuous cycle and vicious cycle; Self-reinforcing cycle; Virtuous circle & vicious circle; Spiral causality; Virtuous circle and vicious circle; Success spiral
If you describe a situation as a virtuous circle, you mean that once one good thing starts happening, other good things happen, which cause the first thing to continue happening.
Exercise creates its own virtuous circle. Once you start a programme and do it regularly, you'll feel so good you'll want to continue.
...a virtuous circle of investment and growth.
? vicious circle
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