satiety
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- oversatiety noun
Etymology
Origin of satiety
1525–35; < Latin satietās; replacing earlier sacietie < Middle French sacieté < Latin
Explanation
The noun satiety means a state of fullness. Eating a huge, delicious meal will give you a satisfying feeling of satiety. You don't often hear people using the word satiety in casual conversation. It's more often a technical term used by nutrition experts when they discuss the diet issues of populations or individual patients. Satiety is a state of being completely full, but the related adjective satiated is much more commonly used to describe someone who has eaten enough. The Latin root of satiety is satis, which means "enough."
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Example Sentences
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GLP-1s override some of the satiety hormones, so people get full more quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
“The Black Spot,” which Fuchs and Kane co-wrote, displays the fruit of Derry’s bigotry in all its nastiness, a harvest so ripe and bountiful that Pennywise feasts to satiety.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025
My well-worn pretense of satiety — of not needing anyone — put up a fight.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
The entrepreneur funded research on macronutrients 1996 - in relation to weight management, their energy density and satiety for Slimming World's food optimising eating plan.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025
When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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