sanity
noun/ˈsænəti/
/ˈsænəti/
[uncountable]- the state of having a healthy mind
- His behaviour was so strange that I began to question his sanity.
- to keep/preserve your sanity
Extra Examples- I fear for her sanity if this continues much longer.
- Such a move is essential for the sanity of all concerned.
- The pace of city life threatens our sanity.
- There were moments when he doubted his own sanity.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + sanity- doubt
- question
- fear for
- …
- return
- prevail
- for somebody’s sanity
- voice of sanity
- the state of being sensible and reasonable
- After a series of road accidents the police pleaded for sanity among drivers.
Extra Examples- We need a return to economic sanity.
- We are delighted that sanity has prevailed and the right decision has been made.
- We still hope that sanity will prevail.
- We need to bring some sanity to this issue.
- Stock market trading slowly settled down as sanity returned.
- He was a voice of sanity in the Republican Party.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + sanity- doubt
- question
- fear for
- …
- return
- prevail
- for somebody’s sanity
- voice of sanity
opposite insanity see also sane
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘health’): from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’. Current senses date from the early 17th cent.
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