sanity
US: /ˈsænəti/
UK: /sˈænɪti/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
sanity /'sæniti/- danh từ
- sự lành mạnh (tinh thần)
- sự ôn hoà, sự đúng mực (quan điểm)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U]1 the state of having a normal healthy mind: His behaviour was so strange that I began to doubt his sanity. + to hang on to / keep / preserve your sanity
2 the state of being sensible and reasonable: After a series of road accidents the police pleaded for sanity among drivers.
Antonym: INSANITY
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
saneness, reason, mental health or soundness, normality, rationality, reason, reasonableness, stability, balance:
Have you any reason for suspecting her sanity?
Collocation
VERB + SANITY
doubt, question
There were moments when he doubted his own sanity.
| fear for
I fear for her sanity if this continues much longer.
| keep, maintain, preserve, retain
Getting away at weekends is the only way I can retain my sanity.
| lose | recover, regain | threaten
The pace of city life threatens our sanity.
SANITY + VERB
return
Stock market trading slowly settled down as sanity returned.
PREP.
for your ~
Such a move is essential for the sanity of all concerned.
Concise dictionary
sanities'sænətɪnoun
+normal or sound powers of mind
