Chicken-and-egg
[chik-uh n-uh n-eg, -uh nd-] /ˈtʃɪk ən ənˈɛg, -ənd-/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or being a dilemma of which of two things came first or of which is the cause and which the effect:
a chicken-and-egg question of whether matter or energy is the basis of the universe.
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