Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A being or becoming satiated or filled; also, the state of being satiated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Satiety.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
satiated orsated , of being full, of being atmaximum capacity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
- noun the act of achieving full gratification
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Examples
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Ever so classily, they belched in satiation as they exited.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Ever so classily, they belched in satiation as they exited.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Ever so classily, they belched in satiation as they exited.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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The level of luxury at which people imagine satiation is always three times the value of their current consumption.
Happiness Police, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Ever so classily, they belched in satiation as they exited.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Ever so classily, they belched in satiation as they exited.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Another timeworn—but largely ineffective—technique is known as satiation.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Another timeworn—but largely ineffective—technique is known as satiation.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Another timeworn—but largely ineffective—technique is known as satiation.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Another timeworn—but largely ineffective—technique is known as satiation.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
dgstone commented on the word satiation
Looks clunky, yet flows so well when spoken aloud.
March 14, 2008