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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Examples from the Web for sanity
Contemporary Examples
You still have to take care of your sanity, your piece of mind.
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December 16, 2014
His sanity is slowly unraveling, like the claustrophobic narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart.
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November 7, 2014
What is in dispute is the sanity of the judge who sentenced Boardman's husband to only eight years of house arrest.
For my own sanity—as morally discomfiting as it is—I'm planning to play along.
But if only we could think less selfishly about the present and more about the far future then we may just save our sanity.
Historical Examples
It was Pfeiffer who drew her out of the room and tried to talk reason and sanity to her.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
There ought to be some other word that doesn't accuse his sanity in that degree.
Questionable ShapesWilliam Dean Howells
Then you regained your sanity and put him in his rightful place.
The Monster MenEdgar Rice Burroughs
Sanity may play with insanity; but insanity must not be allowed to play with sanity.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
But if they had, one of them at least would have doubted the young man's sanity.
In a Steamer Chair and Other StoriesRobert Barr
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 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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