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Sanity

The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.

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Lucidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being lucid.

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Rationality 76% connected

The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

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Reason 76% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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Reasonableness 76% connected

Quality of being reasonable.

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Sane 74% connected

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.

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Sane 74% connected

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.

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Saneness 92% connected

The state of being sane; sanity.

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Aboulia noun · 86% connection

a loss of will power

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Abulia noun · 86% connection

a loss of will power

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Anhedonia noun · 86% connection

an inability to experience pleasure

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Catathymia noun · 86% connection

A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…

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Cognitive state noun · 86% connection

the state of a person's cognitive processes

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Decentering noun · 86% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Decentration noun · 86% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Delusion noun · 86% connection

(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

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Delusions of grandeur noun · 86% connection

a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are

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Delusions of persecution noun · 86% connection

a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…

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Depersonalisation noun · 86% connection

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

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Depersonalization noun · 86% connection

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

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Disassociation noun · 86% connection

a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

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Frame of mind noun · 86% connection

a temporary psychological state

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Hallucinosis noun · 86% connection

a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations

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Identity crisis noun · 86% connection

distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one'…

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Mental condition noun · 86% connection

(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…

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Mental disease noun · 86% connection

any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…

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Adjunct noun · 78% connection

A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

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Blooming adjective · 78% connection

Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

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Condition noun · 78% connection

the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)

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Cure noun · 78% connection

Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.

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Decay noun · 78% connection

Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution…

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Delicate adjective · 78% connection

Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate…

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Eucrasy unknown · 78% connection

Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness.

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Eupepsy noun · 78% connection

Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.

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Heal verb · 78% connection

To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.

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Health noun · 78% connection

the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health"

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Health care noun · 78% connection

the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, sane, soundness, health, body.
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Healthcare noun · 78% connection

the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession

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