sanity

English

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.ɾi/, /ˈsæ.nɪ.ɾi/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæn.əˌti/, /ˈsæn.ɪˌti/
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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

Bulgarian: здрав разум m (zdrav razum)
Czech: příčetnost (cs) f
Esperanto: prudento
French: santé mentale (fr) f
German: Verstand (de) m, (law) Zurechnungsfähigkeit (de) f
Greek: λογική (el) f (logikí)
Hungarian: ép elme, épelméjűség, józan ész (hu)
Indonesian: kewarasan (id)
Italian: sanità (it)
Plautdietsch: Denkjvemieejen n
Polish: poczytalność (pl) f
Portuguese: sanidade
Russian: вменя́емость (ru) f (vmenjájemostʹ)
Spanish: cordura (es) f
Swedish: förnuft (sv) n, förstånd (sv) n

reasonable and rational behaviour

Bulgarian: благоразумие (bg) n (blagorazumie), уравновесеност (bg) f (uravnovesenost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 理智 (zh) (lǐzhì)
Czech: racionálnost f, rozumnost f
Esperanto: prudento
German: Vernunft (de) f, Vernünftigkeit f
Japanese: 正気 (ja) (しょうき, shōki)
Russian: здравомы́слие (ru) n (zdravomýslije), благоразу́мие (ru) (blagorazúmije)
Spanish: sensatez (es) f
Swedish: förnuft (sv) n

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Translations to be checked

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kewarasan (id)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} tilregnelighet, ^{(please verify)} fornuft (no) m
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} sănătate (ro) f, ^{(please verify)} echilibru mintal n, ^{(please verify)} echilibru psihic n
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వివేకము (te) (vivēkamu)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} akıl sağlığı, ^{(please verify)} aklıselimlik (tr), ^{(please verify)} makullük, ^{(please verify)} muhakeme (tr), ^{(please verify)} ruh sağlığı (tr)

Anagrams

Yantis, sainty, satiny, stainy, stay in

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