circulus
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of circulus
< Latin: circle
Example Sentences
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The problem is that your argument is, as the Romans would say, circulus in probando.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2015
The "circulus solis" of course signifies the corona.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
The entire activity of justice is a circulus vitiosus, a faulty short conclusion.
From The Future Belongs to the People by Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich
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