strange loop

English

Noun

strange loop (plural strange loops)

1. A situation where, by moving only upwards or downwards through a hierarchical system, one finds oneself back where one started. These loops often involve self-reference and paradox.

Hyponyms

• chicken-or-egg question
• Droste effect, mise en abyme
• Efron's dice
• ouroboros
• Russell's paradox

See also

• Escheresque

Anagrams

• prolongates