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Ouroboros
[ oor-uh-bur-uhs, oor-oh-bawr-uhsyoor- ]
noun
- a representation of a snake or dragon eating its own tail, originating in Ancient Egyptian and Greek iconography and used as a symbolic representation of wholeness, eternity, or death and rebirth.
- anything that resembles or calls to mind a snake or dragon eating its own tail:
The arguments and debate about transcendence can all too easily become an Ouroboros of circular logic.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Ouroboros1
Example Sentences
The trial has an ouroboros quality about it.
By Ke Huy Quan’s account, his starring role as Ouroboros in Season 2 of ‘Loki,’ his MCU debut, was the realization of a dream and the cap to a year filled with triumph.
But the plagiarism ouroboros has slowed the Ivy League administrator revenge campaign at least for now, as Stefanik is fighting off the very same allegations that were supposed to push Gay over the brink.
The result was a sort of ouroboros of wellness content across multiple books.
As he sat down to pick the brains of “Loki” Season 2 head writer Eric Martin and executive producer Kevin R. Wright to learn everything he could about Ouroboros, Quan realized this was a character he already knew.
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