循环论证 in English xun2 huan2 lun4 zheng4 Meaning

Meanings

  • circular argument
  • logical error consisting of begging the question
  • Latin: petitio principii

Simplified Characters

循 环 论 证

Traditional Characters

循 環 論 證

Pinyin

xun2 huan2 lun4 zheng4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

循xun2to follow 环huan2surname Huan 论lun4abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius) 证zheng4to admonish