SANENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saneness mean? 

• SANENESS (noun)
  The noun SANENESS has 1 sense:

1. normal or sound powers of mind

  Familiarity information: SANENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Normal or sound powers of mind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

saneness; sanity

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)