Definition

Noun: - The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more: The feeling of having had enough, especially of food or pleasure, so that you do not want any more.

Usage

• Used to describe a physical or psychological state of complete satisfaction and fullness, typically after consuming enough food or experiencing enough of something.
• Often appears in formal or academic contexts related to physiology, psychology, or economics (e.g., theories of consumption).
• Commonly used with prepositions like to or with.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The large meal brought a feeling of deep satiety.
  • He ate to the point of satiety and could not finish his dessert.
  • The theory examines how the brain signals satiety to stop eating.

Advanced Usage

• "To satiety": To the point of being fully satisfied or full.
  • The ancient feast continued until all guests had eaten to satiety.
• Satiety signals/center: Biological or neurological mechanisms that indicate fullness.
  • Research focuses on hormones that act as satiety signals.

Variants and Related Words

• Sate (verb): To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) fully.
  • The meal sated his hunger.
• Satiable (adjective): Capable of being satiated.
  • Human desire is not always satiable.
• Insatiable (adjective): Impossible to satiate or satisfy.
  • He has an insatiable curiosity.

Synonyms

• Fullness: The condition of being filled to capacity.
• Repletion: The state of being fully supplied or filled.
• Surfeit: An excessive amount of something, leading to disgust or weariness.

Antonyms

• Hunger: A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food.
• Appetite: A natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food.
• Craving: A powerful desire for something.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "To cloy": To disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment. (This describes the negative feeling that can follow satiety).
  • The overly sweet dessert began to cloy after a few bites.

Noun

1. the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more