satiation
pronunciation
How to pronounce satiation in British English:
UK [ˌseɪʃɪ'eɪʃn]
How to pronounce satiation in American English:
US [ˌseɪʃɪ'eɪʃn]
-
- Noun:
- the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
- the act of achieving full gratification
Word Origin
- satiation (n.)
- 1630s, noun of action from satiate (v.).
Example
- 1. Scientists hope the drugs may enhance the hormone 's ability to trigger feelings of satiation that tell most healthy people when to put down their forks .
- 2. Values correspond to the desired rate of experience with a universal goal that leads to temporary satiation .
- 3. The more an organism receives rewards ~ from a particular behavior , the less rewarding that behavior becomes ( because of satiation ) and the more likely the organism is to emit alternative behaviors in search of other rewards .
- 4. As expected , a preferred flavor tasted better to participants who recalled eating other beans after the initial study-induced satiation .
- 5. As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want , who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire for them a new pleasure , a new excitement is only an additional satiation .