Meanings
plural sanities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being sane.
lose your sanity
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preserve one's sanity
decree someone's sanity
The template is [Richard] Nixon’s “madman theory” of diplomatic engagement – shorthand for prompting your adversaries to doubt your sanity and mental instability to the point where they are intimidated into otherwise unlikely concessions.
2026 April 8, Robert Tait, “Trump may be using Nixon’s ‘madman theory’ – and similar infamy may await”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2026Antonyms: bedlamism, brainsickness, craze, craziness, derangement, insaneness, insanity, lunacy
- countableuncountableReasonable and rational behaviour.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being sane.
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Origin
- Latinsānitās
- Middle Frenchsanité
- Middle Englishsanite
- Englishsanity
From Middle English sanite, sanyte, sanytee, from Middle French sanité, from Latin sānitās, from sānus (“healthy”) + -itās (“-ity”). By surface analysis, sane + -ity.
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Bulgarian здрав разум, благоразумие
- здрав разум (zdrav razum)the condition of being sane
- благоразумие (blagorazumie)reasonable and rational behaviour
- уравновесеност (uravnovesenost)reasonable and rational behaviour
Chinese Mandarin 理智
- 理智 (lǐzhì)reasonable and rational behaviour
Czech příčetnost, racionálnost
- příčetnostthe condition of being sane
- racionálnostreasonable and rational behaviour
- rozumnostreasonable and rational behaviour
Danish fornuft, forstand
- fornuftthe condition of being sane
- forstandthe condition of being sane
Esperanto prudento, prudento
- prudentothe condition of being sane
- prudentoreasonable and rational behaviour
French santé mentale
- santé mentalethe condition of being sane
German Verstand, Zurechnungsfähigkeit
- Verstandthe condition of being sane
- Zurechnungsfähigkeitthe condition of being sane
- Vernunftreasonable and rational behaviour
- Vernünftigkeitreasonable and rational behaviour
Greek λογική
- λογική (logikí)the condition of being sane
Hungarian ép elme, épelméjűség
- ép elmethe condition of being sane
- épelméjűségthe condition of being sane
- józan észthe condition of being sane
Indonesian kewarasan
- kewarasanthe condition of being sane
Italian sanità
- sanitàthe condition of being sane
Japanese 正気
- 正気 (shōki)reasonable and rational behaviour
Polish poczytalność
- poczytalnośćthe condition of being sane
Portuguese sanidade
- sanidadethe condition of being sane
Russian вменя́емость, здравомы́слие
- вменя́емость (vmenjájemostʹ)the condition of being sane
- здравомы́слие (zdravomýslije)reasonable and rational behaviour
- благоразу́мие (blagorazúmije)reasonable and rational behaviour
Spanish cordura, sensatez
- cordurathe condition of being sane
- sensatezreasonable and rational behaviour
Swedish förnuft, förstånd
- förnuftthe condition of being sane
- förståndthe condition of being sane
- förnuftreasonable and rational behaviour
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Cite this entry
sanity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanity
“sanity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanity.
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