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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Synonym of sanity (which is the more common term).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: sanity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
normal or sound powers of mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sanity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mental health
Narrower terms: lucidity, rationality, reason, reasonableness
History
Etymology tree English sane Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English saneness From sane + -ness.
