sanity

[ san-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. the state of being sane; soundness of mind.

  2. soundness of judgment.

Origin of sanity

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English sanite, from Latin sānitās; equivalent to sane + -ity

Other words for sanity

Other words from sanity

  • non·san·i·ty, noun
  • su·per·san·i·ty, noun
  • un·san·i·ty, noun

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How to use sanity in a sentence

  • It means individualism, a return to the primal sanities of the soul.

    John Greenleaf Whittier | W. Sloane Kennedy
  • Carlyle's work did consist in breaking through formulæ, old and new, to these old and silent and ironical sanities.

    Varied Types | G. K. Chesterton
  • Perhaps he had been sent to tempt me from my adherence to those sanities and certainties which I had defended earlier in the day.

    Tremendous Trifles | G. K. Chesterton
  • Its sanities are stark madness to the matter-of-fact man of affairs.

  • That recalled him to his dear garden and the homely sanities that awaited him.

    Rose MacLeod | Alice Brown

British Dictionary definitions for sanity

sanity

/ (ˈsænɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. the state of being sane

  2. good sense or soundness of judgment

Origin of sanity

1
C15: from Latin sānitās health, from sānus healthy

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