sanity
[san-i-tee]
- the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- soundness of judgment.
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Origin of sanity
Synonyms
See more synonyms for sanity on Thesaurus.com2. reason, rationality, sensibleness, reasonableness.
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Its sanities are stark madness to the matter-of-fact man of affairs.
The Quiver, 2/1900Various
Did not the decencies and the sanities of life depend on right moral conduct?
The "Genius"Theodore Dreiser
What deeds might he not do with it in those hours when the sanities of life also sleep?
Old CrowAlice Brown
That must have been real dreaming, and yet now, with all my sanities and scepticisms, I could half believe it real.
The Passionate FriendsHerbert George Wells
sanity
- the state of being sane
- good sense or soundness of judgment
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin sānitās health, from sānus healthy
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Word Origin and History for sanities
sanity
n.
early 15c., "healthy condition," from Middle French sanité "health," from Latin sanitatem (nominative sanitas) "health, sanity," from sanus "healthy; sane" (see sane). Meaning "soundness of mind" first attested c.1600.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sanity
(săn′ĭ-tē)- The quality or condition of being sane; soundness of mind.
- Soundness of judgment or reason.
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