Usually means: Reasoning that returns to start.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (circular argument)

noun:  (informal) A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy.
noun:  (philosophy, logic) An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.

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