satiety
noun
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Is This History of satiety Enough?
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
Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
The 2 grams of fiber in a single medium zucchini offer additional benefits by supporting healthy digestion, improving satiety, maintaining regular bowel movements and feeding beneficial gut bacteria.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
The fiber can promote satiety and help prevent late-night overeating.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Oct. 2025
In 2025, the Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry went to a pair of researchers who wondered whether cooking with nonstick pots and pans provided a sufficient dose of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) to increase food volume and satiety without increasing calorie content.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Satiety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satiety. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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