satiation

[ sey-shee-ey-shuhn ]

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 se·man·tic sa·ti·a·tion [si-, man, tik sey-shee-, ey, -sh, uh, n]. a phenomenon in which continuous repetition of a word results in decreased recognition, increased strangeness, or loss of meaning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of satiation¹

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

And they are painstakingly developed to hit our pleasure and desire centers, to avoid our satiation points, to make us want more—to paraphrase Michael Moss, who has written two books on Big Food, to make us eat impulsively and compulsively.

From Slate

But while appetite and satiation — feeling full and not wanting to eat again — aren't perfectly aligned with being able to lose weight, it might be a helpful starting point.

From Salon

That satiation itself could blunt food noise, he said.

From New York Times

Maybe this is why Mother Teresa was canonized — not for a chaste space of absence but for the places of satiation she created where famished people gather around pizza ovens, crib assembly instructions and ragged nipples.

From Salon