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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] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 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 sanity [ˈsænɪtɪ] n (of person) → sanità mentale; (of judgment) → buonsenso sanity prevailed → il buonsenso ha avuto la meglio sanity [ˈsænɪtɪ] n (of person) → sanità mentale; (of judgment) → buonsenso sanity prevailed → il buonsenso ha avuto la meglio How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Insufferable sting, that sanity should ground arms on such a field The wanton wind had been so busily kissing them all the morning that they were quite dry, so I was able to find room for them in my knapsack without danger to the other contents; and, with a hasty good-day to their recent possessor, I set off at full speed to find a secure nook where I could throw myself down on the grass, and let loose the absurd laughter that was dangerously bottled up within me; but even before I do that it behoves me if possible to vindicate my sanity to the reader. I knew that I was on Mars; not once did I question either my sanity or my wakefulness. |
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