SANENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Normal or sound powers of mind

Synonyms:

saneness; sanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("saneness" is a kind of...):

mental health (the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saneness"):

lucidity (a lucid state of mind; not confused)

rationality; reason; reasonableness (the state of having good sense and sound judgment)

Derivation:

sane (marked by sound judgment)

sane (mentally healthy; free from mental disorder)