sanity

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsænəti/, /ˈsænɪti/

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Noun

sanity (countable and uncountable, plural sanities)

1. The condition of being sane.
2. Reasonable and rational behaviour.

Synonyms

• rationality
• saneness

Antonyms

• insanity
• madness

Translations

the condition of being sane

• Esperanto: prudento
• French: santé mentale (fr) f
• German: Verstand (de) m, (law) Zurechnungsfähigkeit (de) f
• Indonesian: kewarasan (id)
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• Italian: sanità (it)
• Portuguese: sanidade
• Russian: вменя́емость (ru) f (vmenjájemostʹ)
• Swedish: förnuft (sv) n, förstånd (sv) n

reasonable and rational behaviour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 理智 (zh) (lǐzhì)

• Esperanto: prudento
• German: Vernunft (de) f, Vernünftigkeit f
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• Japanese: 正気 (ja) (しょうき, shōki)
• Russian: здравомы́слие (ru) n (zdravomýslije), благоразу́мие (ru) (blagorazúmije)
• Swedish: förnuft (sv) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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
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• 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

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