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The Collaborative International Dictionary
sanguinity

sanguinity \san*guin"i*ty\, n. The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.
--Swift.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sanguinity

late 15c., "consanguinity;" see sanguine + -ity. Meaning "quality of being sanguine" is from 1737.

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sanguinity

n. The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.

WordNet
sanguinity

n. feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident [syn: sanguineness]

Usage examples of "sanguinity".

His sanguinity derives in part from his belief that our superintelligent successors will treat their forebears gently, allowing us to live out our lives on a peaceful, depopulated, ecologically balanced Earth.