circularityn.
/ˌsəːkjʊˈlarɪti/ a. Circular quality, form, or position.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity
circularity1535
circularnessa1661
1535 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (rev. ed.) iii. xviii. f. xviiv By circularite of the lymme.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 268 Fetching under lines incomprehensible circularity . View more context for this quotation
1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 66 A hut is constructed with loose stones, ranged for the most part with some tendency to circularity.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 2 From the circularity and elevation of the boundary, the district..has the appearance of a basin.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle > a circular formation
circling1430
row1576
ring1587
rounda1600
circularity1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 191 The heavens..[have] no diversitie or difference, but a simplicity of parts, and equiformity in motion continually succeeding each other; so that, from what point soever we compute, the account will be common unto the whole circularity . View more context for this quotation
c. ? Circular argument or reasoning.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [noun] > instance of
reason1589
circularity1610
brain-squirt1654
flaw1667
alogism1679
pseudo-argument1872
illogicality1873
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xii. xvii. 457 But by Gods grace reason will lay those circularities flat inough.
1958 Oxf. Mag. 1 May 408 b/1 An argument in favour of the validity of memory..it..fails to carry conviction..it smells strongly of circularity.
1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics vii. 181 There is no circularity involved in the statement of the problem or in its proposed solution.
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