sanity

English

Etymology

sane +‎ -ity, borrowed from Middle French sanité, from Latin sānitas, from sānus (“healthy”) + -itās (“-ity”). See sane, -ity

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæ.nə.ɾi/, /ˈsæ.nɪ.ɾi/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæn.əˌti/, /ˈsæn.ɪˌti/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

sanity (countable and uncountable, plural sanities)

The condition of being sane.
preserve one's sanity
lose your sanity
decree someone's sanity
Reasonable and rational behaviour.

Synonyms

rationality
saneness
stability

Antonyms

insanity
madness

Derived terms

sanity check

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