sanity
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Etymology
From Middle English sanite, sanyte, sanytee, from Middle French sanité, from Latin sānitas, from sānus (“healthy”) + -itās (“-ity”). By surface analysis, sane + -ity.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsæ.nə.ti/, /ˈsæ.nɪ.ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsæn.əˌti/, /ˈsæn.ɪˌti/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
sanity (countable and uncountable, plural sanities)
- The condition of being sane.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sanity
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:insanity
- Coordinate term: unsanity
- preserve one's sanity
- lose your sanity
- decree someone's sanity
- Reasonable and rational behaviour.
Derived terms
Translations
the condition of being sane
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reasonable and rational behaviour
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