general

definition of vice

In our language we use the word vice to designate those habits, practices or customs that in society or the community in general are not well regarded at all since they imply some behavior or manifestation devoid of morality, degrading or deviant. Typical cases include: crime, obscene and lewd practices and violence.

Also, it is common for some to use this concept to designate the defect or custom, bad and negative of course, that an individual presents and that is characteristic, due to its recurring practice, in its personality or way of acting. Maria has the habit of biting her nails. Juan has a drinking habit that he no longer controls. Mary's son has the habit of swearing at family gatherings.

But undoubtedly the use that we attribute the most to this term is to designate that special preference that one has for something and that then leads us to consume it or use it in a constant way and bordering on abuse in some extreme cases.

This situation usually occurs with psychoactive drugs such as marijuana and cocaine and with alcohol and tobacco. Such is the dependency generated by the aforementioned that it will make it very difficult for the person to stop consuming them. Sometimes even one treatment doesn't do it.

The main danger that a consumption of this type has to turn into a vice is the hyper negative consequences for the consumer's health. Cardiac and behavioral problems, damage to the nervous system, are some of the conditions that can be awakened by the abuse of these vices.

On the other hand, in the law, we find a reference for the term and that maintains that the vice is that fault or error that is found, either in a document or public writing or in some administrative act, for example.

Meanwhile, the opposite concept to vice is virtue, because virtue is precisely that personal quality that a person has and that leads him to act correctly and always well.

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