Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of sound mind; mentally healthy.
- adjective Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
sain . - Of sound mind; mentally sound: as, a sane person.
- Sound; free from disorder; healthy: as, a sane mind; a sane project; sane memory (law).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.
- adjective Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- regarding the
mind . - adjective
Mentally sound ; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner; -- regarding persons.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- adjective marked by sound judgment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But Purnell's target constituency is now on what I call the sane left.
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But Purnell's target constituency is now on what I call the sane left.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: PTSD is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which I define as a sane person's reaction to an insane position.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: PTSD is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which I define as a sane person's reaction to an insane position.
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"Is it likely," she resumed, "that a person born under such circumstances is like others -- is what you call sane?"
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Ambrose Bierce 1878
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If at all, the Euro increases trust in sane long term policy just like the EU institutions in general for Italy, thus reducing investment risk which leads to more growth.
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Jodi Cleghorn is glad of her ability to gestate this column at the 11th hour, while cooking dinner, bathing her son and attempting to remain sane in the domestic maelstrom.
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Whereas, to become sane is to use the empathy for ourselves -- all of ourselves -- and to enable a more caring connection with each other.
Carol Smaldino: Rally to Restore Sanity is Political. So Is Our National Insanity. Carol Smaldino 2010
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Counting anything around him was how he survived the 15 months, and was the only way to remain sane ...
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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I found the understated fear of the character, as she tried to remain sane in a world of insanity written so well.
Book Review: The Appointment by Herta Müller « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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