satiety

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /səˈtaɪəti/ UK /səˈtaɪəti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the feeling of fullness or gratification beyond which desire ceases

The rich banquet brought a heavy satiety that dulled the guests.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the feeling of fullness or... fullness repletion satisfaction satiation surfeit glut

Opposites

hunger craving emptiness

Word family

Related forms satiate sate satisfy

Etymology

From Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas ('sufficiency, fullness'), from satis ('enough').

satietas Latin satis Latin

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives

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# satiety

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

## Meanings
1. the feeling of fullness or gratification beyond which desire ceases

## Examples
- The rich banquet brought a heavy satiety that dulled the guests.

## Synonyms
- fullness
- repletion
- satisfaction
- satiation
- surfeit
- glut

## Antonyms
- hunger
- craving
- emptiness

## Related Forms
- satiate
- sate
- satisfy

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

## Etymology
From Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas ('sufficiency, fullness'), from satis ('enough').

## AI Etymology
Satiety comes from Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas ('sufficiency, fullness'), from satis ('enough'). The historical chain includes Latin satietas and Latin satis. Older glosses in the chain include "sufficiency, fullness" and "enough", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, satiety is best read as 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 feeling of fullness or gratification beyond which desire ceases". related forms include satiate, sate, and satisfy. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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