Ouroboros
noun
Ou·ro·bo·ros
ˌyu̇r-ō-ˈbȯr-əs
variants
or ouroboros
or less commonly Uroboros
or uroboros
1
: a circular symbol that depicts a snake or dragon devouring its own tail and that is used especially to represent the eternal cycle of destruction and rebirth
2
usually ouroboros
or less commonly uroboros
: something (such as a never-ending cycle) that is likened to or suggestive of the Ouroboros symbol
Trauma is a time traveller, an ouroboros that reaches back and devours everything that came before.—Junot Díaz
But as Hollywood continues its transformation into a reboot ouroboros of unoriginal ideas, I have a tiny bit of fear that these projects will be disasters.—Miles Surrey
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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