sanity
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈsænɪti/
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- She took a long walk in the park to preserve her sanity after a tough week at work.
- regain sanity
- restore sanity
- return to sanity
But right, for your sanity, that's what needs to happen.
- But right, for your sanity, that's what needs to happen.
- And you can see the sanity has left his body completely.
- Most of your sanity is socially distributed.
- This is for my sanity too, you feel me?
- Folks, this is hard to hear, but your sanity really can't have a price put on it.
- Then when do you completely destroy your mental sanity for for money?
- And and so I like the the relative sanity of the pace of that era versus now.
- There are less sanity sapping forms of investment.
- Could Donald Trump pass a sanity test?
- But for your own sanity, here's why I had the conversation with Jalen.
- OK, so you mentioned sanity or insanity.
- That was not the best idea for our sanity.
Examples
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Like me, they had come full circle, from sanity to madness and back to sanity.
Fiction book (1991) -
Let me preface this by saying that my chief concern is the welfare, indeed the sanity, of this young girl.
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So to save your sanity, you already know the answer.
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And when those things happen, sanity will return.
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So I lost my seat, my money, my sanity, my... myself, really.
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Now, if he could just hang onto his peace and sanity until they could get together.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm not getting enough sleep or health or sanity these days.
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How do you prioritize what gets done and how do you keep your sanity while doing it?
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You've done incredible work to bring sanity to that issue.
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There is an impossibly fine line between sanity and madness.
Synonyms
186
3.3
A person's thoughts, feelings and how they handle problems
34
4.0
The way a person feels and thinks at a certain time
34
5.4
Clear thinking and decisions based on facts and logic
4
4.9
Careful thinking and good judgment in making decisions
1
4.1
A calm mind that keeps emotions steady and shows good judgment
A healthy mind that thinks clearly and makes good decisions
Antonyms
Idioms
How Sane
4
4.9
123
3.3
- Specialized
20
3.3
231
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sanity comes from the Latin root san- meaning 'healthy', the same root you see in sane and sanitary. So sanity is about having a 'healthy' mind and being able to think and behave in a normal, sensible way.