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. )

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

And if you use all-in-one pancake mix, you can have these in your belly in minutes and spend the rest of the day in a state of blissful satiation.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022

Water changes the concentration of nutrients in your blood, and researchers believe that this is the trigger for real satiation.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

Every luxury wealth could purchase at her disposal, even to satiation.

From The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum