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单词 sanity
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Definition of sanity in English:

sanity

noun ˈsanɪtiˈsænədi
mass noun
  • 1The ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner; sound mental health.

    I began to doubt my own sanity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Up until the time he left, he felt that his sanity was compromised as the job had lost all meaning for him.
    • Olivia and Adam pray that she does not participate in it, fearing for her health and sanity.
    • For our own sanity, if nothing else, we cannot really subscribe to such a misanthropic and nihilistic worldview.
    • Many jokes centred on the relative sanity of lawyers compared to doctors.
    • It's for this that I look at my friendship with Mona as an island of sanity in an otherwise crazy world.
    • Thankfully, we reached port with our innards if not our sanity intact.
    • As a parent, you must, for sanity's sake, put the fear of your child being abducted out of your mind most of the time.
    • She was diagnosed as suffering from bipolar disorder and spent eight years clawing her way back to sanity.
    • This waterfall is just the latest drop where people have questioned my sanity.
    • However, he does admit there were times he doubted his own sanity.
    • Watching too much of this garbage can push you over the edge of sanity.
    • What a capacity to maintain mental sanity in spite of pain and sadness.
    • On the outside, things were going well, but on the inside it was hard to maintain sanity and good personal relations.
    • I tried to assure her of my sanity and my health in all other aspects before continuing my little tale.
    • Every week we sit and work hard, with music as our only comfort, maintaining our sanity as tempers flare.
    • There are people in there who, by some miracle, have regained their sanity.
    • It seems a stretch that a trained group of military personnel lose all sanity after only 28 days.
    • I would have doubted my own sanity at this point, if I were the doubting type.
    • Both begin to doubt their sanity and their ability to stay any closer then 100 miles away from each other.
    • The one thing that provided sanity to a whole generation growing up in the backdrop of racial tension was music.
    Synonyms
    soundness of mind, mental health, mental faculties, balance, balance of mind, stability, reason, rationality, saneness, lucidity, lucidness, sense, senses, wits, normality, right-mindedness
    1. 1.1 Reasonable and rational behaviour.
      the next few years saw several appeals for sanity from top scientists
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Shaken by the horrors he saw there, he wrote this parable about the influence of political power in defining sanity.
      • This would suggest that a degree of sanity and moderation may have come after the gruesome tragedy.
      • Remember, turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is reality.
      • If I spend too much time at home, I miss the challenges and relative sanity of work.
      • The result is a matrix of sense without sense itself, mocking the devices of sanity.
      • This heinous act of the murder of a little girl and the wounding of her peers go beyond the boundaries of reason and sanity.
      • To see that sanity can for once prevail over the country's foremost fresh foods market should please all.
      • The token bit of blandness, of sanity, of charm, of reason, of niceness, of pointlessness.
      • Both countries need more and well-equipped troops to bring sanity in the two nations.
      • Responses written on the boards are wide-ranging, however, most call for sanity and peace.
      • So it is just fair that the wings of the councillors are clipped to usher sanity in the councils and for the sake of development.
      • Luckily sanity prevailed with the manager intervening and the test went on.
      • Is it recognizing the necessity of long-term fiscal sanity by keeping government spending from exceeding income?
      • There is no safety or security for us unless there is worldwide social justice and ecological sanity.
      • We have to put ecological sanity and human rights at the top of our list of priorities.
      • This initially pushed the price beyond the limits of sanity, and finally lead to the collapse of the deal.
      • The show is a chilling indictment of what happens when sanity is equated with conformity.
      • Perhaps it was because there was more hope of sanity prevailing in Nigeria than in Iran.
      • Ultimately, slowly, some sanity was restored to what was going on.
      Synonyms
      sense, common sense, good sense, wisdom, prudence, judiciousness, practicality, reasonableness, rationality, soundness, sensibleness

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'health'): from Latin sanitas 'health', from sanus 'healthy'. Current senses date from the early 17th century.

  • Latin sanus meant ‘healthy’ which is the first recorded sense of sanity in English. Current meanings date from the early 17th century when sane was first recorded, although insane dates from the mid 16th century. Sanitary, sanitation, and sanatorium where you go to recover your health, all 19th century, come from the same root.

Rhymes

Christianity, humanity, inanity, profanity, urbanity, vanity
 
 

Definition of sanity in US English:

sanity

nounˈsanədēˈsænədi
  • 1The ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner; sound mental health.

    I began to doubt my own sanity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Both begin to doubt their sanity and their ability to stay any closer then 100 miles away from each other.
    • I would have doubted my own sanity at this point, if I were the doubting type.
    • The one thing that provided sanity to a whole generation growing up in the backdrop of racial tension was music.
    • Watching too much of this garbage can push you over the edge of sanity.
    • Thankfully, we reached port with our innards if not our sanity intact.
    • I tried to assure her of my sanity and my health in all other aspects before continuing my little tale.
    • It seems a stretch that a trained group of military personnel lose all sanity after only 28 days.
    • For our own sanity, if nothing else, we cannot really subscribe to such a misanthropic and nihilistic worldview.
    • On the outside, things were going well, but on the inside it was hard to maintain sanity and good personal relations.
    • Up until the time he left, he felt that his sanity was compromised as the job had lost all meaning for him.
    • There are people in there who, by some miracle, have regained their sanity.
    • Every week we sit and work hard, with music as our only comfort, maintaining our sanity as tempers flare.
    • What a capacity to maintain mental sanity in spite of pain and sadness.
    • As a parent, you must, for sanity's sake, put the fear of your child being abducted out of your mind most of the time.
    • This waterfall is just the latest drop where people have questioned my sanity.
    • She was diagnosed as suffering from bipolar disorder and spent eight years clawing her way back to sanity.
    • Olivia and Adam pray that she does not participate in it, fearing for her health and sanity.
    • It's for this that I look at my friendship with Mona as an island of sanity in an otherwise crazy world.
    • Many jokes centred on the relative sanity of lawyers compared to doctors.
    • However, he does admit there were times he doubted his own sanity.
    Synonyms
    soundness of mind, mental health, mental faculties, balance, balance of mind, stability, reason, rationality, saneness, lucidity, lucidness, sense, senses, wits, normality, right-mindedness
    1. 1.1 Reasonable and rational behavior.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Perhaps it was because there was more hope of sanity prevailing in Nigeria than in Iran.
      • We have to put ecological sanity and human rights at the top of our list of priorities.
      • The token bit of blandness, of sanity, of charm, of reason, of niceness, of pointlessness.
      • Responses written on the boards are wide-ranging, however, most call for sanity and peace.
      • This heinous act of the murder of a little girl and the wounding of her peers go beyond the boundaries of reason and sanity.
      • So it is just fair that the wings of the councillors are clipped to usher sanity in the councils and for the sake of development.
      • Is it recognizing the necessity of long-term fiscal sanity by keeping government spending from exceeding income?
      • The result is a matrix of sense without sense itself, mocking the devices of sanity.
      • There is no safety or security for us unless there is worldwide social justice and ecological sanity.
      • Both countries need more and well-equipped troops to bring sanity in the two nations.
      • The show is a chilling indictment of what happens when sanity is equated with conformity.
      • To see that sanity can for once prevail over the country's foremost fresh foods market should please all.
      • Shaken by the horrors he saw there, he wrote this parable about the influence of political power in defining sanity.
      • Luckily sanity prevailed with the manager intervening and the test went on.
      • Ultimately, slowly, some sanity was restored to what was going on.
      • Remember, turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is reality.
      • If I spend too much time at home, I miss the challenges and relative sanity of work.
      • This would suggest that a degree of sanity and moderation may have come after the gruesome tragedy.
      • This initially pushed the price beyond the limits of sanity, and finally lead to the collapse of the deal.
      Synonyms
      sense, common sense, good sense, wisdom, prudence, judiciousness, practicality, reasonableness, rationality, soundness, sensibleness

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘health’): from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’. Current senses date from the early 17th century.

 
 
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