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sanity definition

san·ity (san′ə tē)

noun

  1. the condition of being sane; soundness of mind; mental health
  2. soundness of judgment

Etymology: ME sanite < OFr < L sanitas, health

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sanity Synonyms

sanity

n.

  1. Freedom from mental disease

    sound mind, rationality, healthy mind, mens sana (Latin), saneness, a clear mind, clearmindedness, wholesome outlook.

  2. Good sense

    common sense, intelligence, reason, reasonableness, prudence, good judgment, sagacity, acumen, understanding, comprehension.


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sanity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • restore: Trundle restored sanity with a superb curling shot into the corner of the net in stoppage time.

Adjective modifier

  • own: To preserve her own sanity, she must learn to trust a man with a secret of his own.

Modifies a noun

  • checking: Lack of sanity checking on a new billing system springs to mind.

Possessives

  • sake: For your sanity's sake, please get back to work right now!

Preposition: in

  • world: Let's have a little sanity in the world.

Preposition: of

  • people: You really do have to wonder about the sanity of some people.
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sanity quotes

Of course, in an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a form of madness, too.

-Bellow, Saul

Some of us will fight and fight again to save the party we love.We will fight and fight againtobring back sanityand honestyand dignity, so that our party, with its great past, may retain its glory and its greatness.

-Gaitskell, Hugh

Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, or should or could be the global gendarme.

-McNamara, Robert Strange

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