satiation

American  

[sey-shee-ey-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

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

Scientists studying the problem have now found that the fist-shaped structure known as the cerebellum—which had not previously been linked to hunger—is key to regulating satiation in those with this condition.

From Scientific American • Feb. 23, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2022

Fluctuating hours of sleep can affect appetite-regulating hormones in ways that prompt people to eat when they’re not hungry and eat past the point of satiation.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2021

They are both ‘foul-feeders,’ and begin to see so red, once the blood-lust of prospective satiation is upon them, that they are half blinded to everything else.

From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.