satiety
noun
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You may have accurately guessed that satiety is related to satisfy, satiate (meaning "to satisfy fully or to excess"), and sate (which means "to glut" or "to satisfy to the full"). Satiety, along with the others, ultimately comes from the Latin word satis, which means "enough." English speakers apparently couldn't get enough of satis- derived words in the 15th and 16th centuries, when all of these words entered the language. Satiety itself was borrowed into English in the mid-1500s from the Middle French word satieté of the same meaning.
Examples of satiety in a Sentence
Jillian Kubala, Health, 30 Sep. 2025
Because fiber can support satiety, some people may be able to maintain a calorie deficit to facilitate weight loss.
—Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2025
Eating protein promotes satiety and helps balance your blood sugar levels.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Rotem Naftalovich, Daniel Naftalovich and Frank Greenway proposed ingesting small, nondigestible PTFE (Teflon) pellets to bulk up meal volume and increase satiety without calories, testing the idea in lab models and even patenting the approach two years later.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Satiety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satiety. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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