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SANGUINITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sanguinity mean?
• SANGUINITY (noun)
The noun SANGUINITY has 1 sense:
1. feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident
Familiarity information: SANGUINITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
sanguineness; sanguinity
Hypernyms ("sanguinity" is a kind of...):
optimism (the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well)
Derivation:
sanguine (confidently optimistic and cheerful)
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