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san·i·ty
(săn′ĭ-tē)n.
1. The quality or condition of being sane; soundness of mind.
2. Soundness of judgment or reason.
[Middle English sanite, health, from Old French, from Latin sānitās, from sānus, healthy.]
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sanity
(ˈsænɪtɪ)n
1. (Psychology) the state of being sane
2. good sense or soundness of judgment
[C15: from Latin sānitās health, from sānus healthy]
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san•i•ty
(ˈsæn ɪ ti)n.
1. the state of being sane.
2. soundness of judgment.
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Noun | 1. | sanity - normal or sound powers of mind 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
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
common sense folly, stupidity, senselessness
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sanity
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Translations
سَلامَة العَقْل، صِحَّة العَقْل
duševní zdraví
mental tilstand
andlegt heilbrigîi
duševné zdravie
akıl sağlığı
sanity
[ˈsænɪtɪ] N [of person] → cordura f, juicio m; [of judgment] → sensatez fto 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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sanity
[ˈsænɪtɪ] n (of person) → sanità mentale; (of judgment) → buonsensosanity prevailed → il buonsenso ha avuto la meglio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sane
(sein) adjective1. not mad. in a perfectly sane state of mind.
2. sensible. a very sane person.
ˈsanely adverbˈsanity (ˈsӕ-) noun
the state or quality of being sane. I am concerned about her sanity.
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san·i·ty
n. cordura, sensatez, bienestar mental.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sanity
n corduraEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.