satiation

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˌseɪʃiˈeɪʃən/ UK /ˌseɪʃiˈeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the state of being fully satisfied, especially of appetite or desire

He ate to the point of satiation and could not face dessert.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being fully... satisfaction fullness repletion satiety gratification glut

Opposites

hunger craving deprivation

Word family

Related forms satiate satiety sate satisfy

Etymology

From satiate + -ion, from Latin satiare ('to fill, satisfy'), from satis ('enough').

satiare Latin satis Latin

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# satiation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˌseɪʃiˈeɪʃən
**IPA (UK):** ˌseɪʃiˈeɪʃən

## Meanings
1. the state of being fully satisfied, especially of appetite or desire

## Examples
- He ate to the point of satiation and could not face dessert.

## Synonyms
- satisfaction
- fullness
- repletion
- satiety
- gratification
- glut

## Antonyms
- hunger
- craving
- deprivation

## Related Forms
- satiate
- satiety
- sate
- satisfy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: satiare
- Root: satis

## Etymology
From satiate + -ion, from Latin satiare ('to fill, satisfy'), from satis ('enough').

## AI Etymology
Satiation comes from satiate + -ion, from Latin satiare ('to fill, satisfy'), from satis ('enough'). The historical chain includes Latin satiare and Latin satis. Older glosses in the chain include "to fill, satisfy" and "enough", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, satiation is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the state of being fully satisfied, especially of appetite or desire". related forms include satiate, satiety, sate, and satisfy. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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