satiation

American  

[say-shee-ay-shuhn] / ˌseɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or state of completely fulfilling a need or providing a desired thing to the point of excess: Studies of income and happiness revealed a point of satiation around $90,000 for emotional well-being.

   The school lunch program is tasked with the satiation of children's nutritional needs.

   Studies of income and happiness revealed a point of satiation around $90,000 for emotional well-being.

2. the state or feeling of having a need, especially hunger, fully satisfied.

   High protein diets were found to improve satiation among dieters.

3. Also called semantic satiation. a phenomenon in which continuous repetition of a word results in decreased recognition, increased strangeness, or loss of meaning.

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Etymology

Origin of satiation

First recorded in 1600–10; from Late Latin satiātiōn-, stem of satiātiō “satiety”; see also satiate ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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satiation

The medications’ power to erase feelings of hunger and satiation threatens to upend the industry’s model for growth, where success has often meant selling as much food as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

There was speculation—was he being held prisoner, was he dying—but I prefer to imagine he had simply relaxed into existence, a state of satiation.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024

That satiation itself could blunt food noise, he said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

The main tactic used by periodical cicadas is predator satiation: You can’t eat us all.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022

And hence, the value-curve for the metal used as ornament sinks very slowly, being reduced, not by satiation of want, but by limitation of economic resources.

From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson

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