Circular reasoning

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Circular reasoning

Quality:

Circular reasoning - logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins the premise with what they are trying to conclude with. Article "Circular reasoning" in English Wikipedia has 25.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Circular reasoning", its content was written by 134 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 646 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 327 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1603 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12728 in September 2003
  • Global: #9132 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #46904 in June 2020
  • Global: #52656 in February 2013

There are 29 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Chinese (zh)
循環論證
39.8801
2Malay (ms)
Taakulan kitaran
32.2559
3Indonesian (id)
Circulus in probando
29.4912
4Dutch (nl)
Cirkelredenering
26.1687
5English (en)
Circular reasoning
25.6731
6Bulgarian (bg)
Кръгова логика
25.2056
7Danish (da)
Cirkulær argumentation
22.166
8Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลเป็นวง
22.1193
9Simple English (simple)
Circular reasoning
21.9676
10Korean (ko)
순환논법
21.6447
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Circular reasoning
2 235 242
2German (de)
Zirkelschluss
480 587
3Japanese (ja)
循環論法
255 756
4Chinese (zh)
循環論證
237 597
5Dutch (nl)
Cirkelredenering
167 545
6Spanish (es)
Falacia circular
164 725
7Polish (pl)
Błędne koło w rozumowaniu
160 841
8Greek (el)
Φαύλος κύκλος
104 942
9French (fr)
Raisonnement circulaire
104 451
10Finnish (fi)
Kehäpäätelmä
93 080
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Circular reasoning
8 297
2German (de)
Zirkelschluss
1 189
3Chinese (zh)
循環論證
978
4Japanese (ja)
循環論法
939
5French (fr)
Raisonnement circulaire
489
6Russian (ru)
Круговое рассуждение
377
7Simple English (simple)
Circular reasoning
357
8Finnish (fi)
Kehäpäätelmä
313
9Italian (it)
Diallele
305
10Greek (el)
Φαύλος κύκλος
289
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Circular reasoning
134
2German (de)
Zirkelschluss
94
3Dutch (nl)
Cirkelredenering
53
4French (fr)
Raisonnement circulaire
47
5Chinese (zh)
循環論證
35
6Finnish (fi)
Kehäpäätelmä
30
7Japanese (ja)
循環論法
30
8Hebrew (he)
הסבר מעגלי
25
9Polish (pl)
Błędne koło w rozumowaniu
25
10Ukrainian (uk)
Хибне коло
25
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
استدلال دائري
0
2Bulgarian (bg)
Кръгова логика
0
3Catalan (ca)
Argumentació circular
0
4Danish (da)
Cirkulær argumentation
0
5German (de)
Zirkelschluss
0
6Greek (el)
Φαύλος κύκλος
0
7English (en)
Circular reasoning
0
8Spanish (es)
Falacia circular
0
9Basque (eu)
Arrazoitze zirkular
0
10Persian (fa)
استدلال دوری
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Circular reasoning
327
2Chinese (zh)
循環論證
248
3Arabic (ar)
استدلال دائري
161
4Ukrainian (uk)
Хибне коло
159
5German (de)
Zirkelschluss
121
6Persian (fa)
استدلال دوری
74
7Spanish (es)
Falacia circular
61
8Dutch (nl)
Cirkelredenering
52
9Japanese (ja)
循環論法
41
10Simple English (simple)
Circular reasoning
41
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
استدلال دائري
bgBulgarian
Кръгова логика
caCatalan
Argumentació circular
daDanish
Cirkulær argumentation
deGerman
Zirkelschluss
elGreek
Φαύλος κύκλος
enEnglish
Circular reasoning
esSpanish
Falacia circular
euBasque
Arrazoitze zirkular
faPersian
استدلال دوری
fiFinnish
Kehäpäätelmä
frFrench
Raisonnement circulaire
heHebrew
הסבר מעגלי
idIndonesian
Circulus in probando
itItalian
Diallele
jaJapanese
循環論法
koKorean
순환논법
msMalay
Taakulan kitaran
nlDutch
Cirkelredenering
plPolish
Błędne koło w rozumowaniu
ruRussian
Круговое рассуждение
simpleSimple English
Circular reasoning
skSlovak
Dôkaz v kruhu
srSerbian
Кружни аргумент
svSwedish
Cirkelresonemang
thThai
การให้เหตุผลเป็นวง
trTurkish
Circulus in demonstrando
ukUkrainian
Хибне коло
zhChinese
循環論證

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#46904
06.2020
Global:
#52656
02.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12728
09.2003
Global:
#9132
01.2004

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Circular reasoning from Wikipedia articles about Begging the question, Conspiracy theory, Idiocracy, Hillbilly Elegy and Fallacy. Whereas reading the article about Circular reasoning people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Begging the question, Fallacy, Catch-22, Theres a Hole in My Bucket and Circular definition.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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