2006-08-30 17:30:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It is the opposite of VIRTUE / Goodness.
Vice means
1.Criminal Activities involvingsex or drugs
2.Evil or immoral behavior
3.One next in rank as in Vice-chairman
The noun vice has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) frailty, vice -- (moral weakness)
2. vice -- (a specific form of evildoing;) "vice offends the moral standards of the community")
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2006-08-30 17:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are a couple of usages that may confuse people. One usage of "vice" is a noun. This is when we use it as a characteristic of evil.
NOUN:
An evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit.
A serious moral failing.
Wicked or evil conduct or habits; corruption.
Sexual immorality, especially prostitution.
A slight personal failing; a foible: the vice of untidiness.
A flaw or imperfection; a defect.
A physical defect or weakness
When the word"vice" is used as a prefix, it has no such meaning...
PREFIX
One who acts in the place of another; deputy: vice-chairman.
So the vice president of the company may or not be evil, BUT he is acting in the place of the president
2006-08-30 17:53:08 · answer #2 · answered by tichur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vice is the opposite of virtue. The modern English term that best captures its original meaning is the word vicious, which means "full of vice." In this sense, the word vice comes from the Latin word vitium, meaning "failing or defect".
2006-08-30 19:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by kev 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
–noun 1. an immoral or evil habit or practice.
2. immoral conduct; depraved or degrading behavior: a life of vice.
3. sexual immorality, esp. prostitution.
4. a particular form of depravity.
5. a fault, defect, or shortcoming: a minor vice in his literary style.
6. a physical defect, flaw, or infirmity: a constitutional vice.
7. a bad habit, as in a horse.
8. (initial capital letter) a character in the English morality plays, a personification of general vice or of a particular vice, serving as the buffoon.
2006-08-30 17:38:18 · answer #4 · answered by gomezland 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. an immoral or wicked habit or characteristic
2. depravity, immoral conduct
3. prostitution, gambling, and drugs: criminal activity connected with prostitution and other sexual offenses, gambling, and illegal drugs
4. a mild failing or flaw in somebody's behavior or character
5. a fault or undesirable habit in a horse or other domestic animal
2006-08-31 03:58:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moral weakness; unhealthy or immoral behavior.
2006-08-30 17:38:45 · answer #6 · answered by Unknown User 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOMETHING THAT YOU DO REPEATEDLY THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU..... COULD EVEN BE SMOKING.....THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF NO NO S AND IN A DEEPER TONE ...THOSE WHO NEED THE VICE SQUAD TO COME IN..
2006-08-30 17:56:12 · answer #7 · answered by flowerspirit2000 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
all those things that are delightful to the body or mind but are illegal or immoral.
2006-08-31 04:52:43 · answer #8 · answered by dderat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the opposite of versa.
2006-08-30 17:34:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a bad outlet and guilty pleasures..
2006-08-30 17:51:33 · answer #10 · answered by Ched 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋