sanity

san·i·ty  (sn-t)

n.

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

2. Soundness of judgment or reason.

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[Middle English sanite, health, from Old French, from Latin snits, from snus, healthy.]

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sanity [ˈsænɪtɪ]

n

1. (Psychology) the state of being sane

2. good sense or soundness of judgment

[from Latin sānitās health, from sānus healthy]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sanity - normal or sound powers of mind saneness mental health - the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment lucidity - a lucid state of mind; not confused rationality, reasonableness, reason - the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind

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sanity

noun

1. mental health, reason, rationality, stability, normality, right mind (informal), saneness He and his wife finally had to move, just to preserve their sanity.
mental health madness, mental illness, insanity, dementia, lunacy, craziness, mental derangement

2. common sense, sense, good sense, rationality, level-headedness, judiciousness, soundness of judgment He's been looking at ways of introducing some sanity into the market.
common sense folly, stupidity, senselessness

Translations

sanity [ˈsænɪtɪ] N [of person] → cordura f, juicio m; [of judgment] → sensatez f
to lose one's sanity → perder el juicio or la razón
to be restored to sanity; return to sanity → recobrar el juicio or la razón
fortunately sanity prevailed → afortunadamente prevaleció el sentido común

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sanity [ˈsænəti] n

[person] (= mental health) → santé f mentale

[outlook] (= common sense) → bon sens m

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sanity

n

(= mental balance) → geistige Gesundheit; (esp of individual) → gesunder Verstand; (Jur) → Zurechnungsfähigkeit f; to lose one’s sanity → den Verstand verlieren; to doubt somebody’s sanity → an jds Verstand (dat) → zweifeln; the line between sanity and insanity → die Grenze zwischen gesundem und krankem Verstand

(= sensibleness) → Vernünftigkeit f; sanity of judgement → ein gesundes Urteilsvermögen; sanity demands that it be done soon → die Vernunft gebietet, es bald zu tun; to return to sanity → Vernunft annehmen

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sanity [ˈsænɪtɪ] n (of person) → sanità mentale; (of judgment) → buonsenso
sanity prevailed → il buonsenso ha avuto la meglio

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sanity sane