sanity

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

san·ity BrE [ˈsænəti] NAmE [ˈsænəti] noun uncountable
1. the state of having a normal healthy mind
•His behaviour was so strange that I began to doubt his sanity.
•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.
Opp: ↑insanity
see also ↑sane

Word Origin:
[sanity] late Middle English (in the sense ‘health’): from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’. Current senses date from the early 17th cent.

Example Bank:
•He was a voice of sanity in the Republican Party.
•I fear for her sanity if this continues much longer.
•Stock market trading slowly settled down as sanity returned.
•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.
•We need to bring some sanity to this issue.
•We still hope that sanity will prevail.
•Sanity gradually returned to the little town.
•The old woman created an aura of sanity and tranquillity.
•We are delighted that sanity has prevailed and the right decision has been made.
•We need a return to economic sanity.