satiation
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.
the state or feeling of having a need, especially hunger, fully satisfied: High protein diets were found to improve satiation among dieters.
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.
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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. JonesThe only ambition of this great powerful frame was to do nothing, to grovel in idleness and satiation from hour to hour.
Therese Raquin | Emile ZolaThe promise of satiation, of inevitability, steeped his being in a pleasant lethargy.
Cytherea | Joseph HergesheimerDelicacies of fish and flesh and hitherto unheard-of fruits were served up to me to satiation.
The Portal of Dreams | Charles Neville Buck
Somewhat nettled she showed displeasure, charged him with the fickleness of satiation.
Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House) | James S. De Benneville
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