sanity

[ san-i-tee ]

/ ˈsæn ɪ ti /

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noun

the state of being sane; soundness of mind.

soundness of judgment.

Nearby words

sanitation worker, sanitationman, sanitization, sanitize, sanitizer, sanity, sanjak, sank, sankara, sankey, sankhya

Origin of sanity

1400–50; late Middle English sanite < Latin sānitās. See sane, -ity

SYNONYMS FOR sanity

2 reason, rationality, sensibleness, reasonableness.

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Related forms

non·san·i·ty, nounsu·per·san·i·ty, nounun·san·i·ty, noun

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Examples from the Web for sanity

You still have to take care of your sanity, your piece of mind.
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His sanity is slowly unraveling, like the claustrophobic narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart.
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What is in dispute is the sanity of the judge who sentenced Boardman's husband to only eight years of house arrest.
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For my own sanity—as morally discomfiting as it is—I'm planning to play along.
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But if only we could think less selfishly about the present and more about the far future then we may just save our sanity.
Why Kids Are Making Us Crazy|James Poulos|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Besides, it so chanced that testimony was forthcoming to support this view and confirm Dave's sanity.
When Ghost Meets Ghost|William Frend De Morgan
How could the presence of these articles in my house affect either the honour, the sanity, or the life of my flighty colleague?
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde|Robert Louis Stevenson
Captain Armstrong looked at her as if he doubted her sanity.
Dorothy's Double|G. A. Henty
All great religions have these periods of sanity, otherwise they would have no followers at all.
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers|Elbert Hubbard
If you value your sanity and public decency and the discipline of the Church, go right home from here and go to bed.
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump;|Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for sanity

sanity

/ (ˈsænɪtɪ) /

noun

the state of being sane

good sense or soundness of judgment

Word Origin for sanity

C15: from Latin sānitās health, from sānus healthy

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Medicine definitions for sanity

sanity

[ săn′ĭ-tē ]

n.

The quality or condition of being sane; soundness of mind.

Soundness of judgment or reason.

sanity

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