satiation

[ sey-shee-ey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act or state of completely fulfilling a need or providing a desired thing to the point of excess: 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.

  1. Also called se·man·tic sa·ti·a·tion [si-man tik sey-shee-ey-shuhn] /sɪˈmæn tɪk ˌseɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən/ . a phenomenon in which continuous repetition of a word results in decreased recognition, increased strangeness, or loss of meaning.

Origin of satiation

1
First recorded in 1600–10; from Late Latin satiātiōn-, stem of satiātiō “satiety”; see also satiate

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How to use satiation in a sentence

  • How lovely, than, that one Internet denizen took the time to help these forgotten statesmen find sexual satiation…with each other!

  • He seeks those things that satisfy the senses, he attempts the satiation of the lower cravings.

    Rudolph Eucken | Abel J. Jones
  • The only ambition of this great powerful frame was to do nothing, to grovel in idleness and satiation from hour to hour.

    Therese Raquin | Emile Zola
  • The promise of satiation, of inevitability, steeped his being in a pleasant lethargy.

    Cytherea | Joseph Hergesheimer
  • Delicacies of fish and flesh and hitherto unheard-of fruits were served up to me to satiation.

    The Portal of Dreams | Charles Neville Buck