Satiation may refer to: * Satiety, feeling "full" and satisfied after eating; the cessation of hunger *

Economic satiation The economic principle of satiation is the effect whereby the more of a good one possesses the less one is willing to give up to get more of it. This effect is caused by diminishing marginal utility, the effect whereby the consumer gains less utili ...

, where increasing the amount of a good reduces the worth of each individual unit of it *

Predator satiation Predator satiation (less commonly called predator saturation) is an anti-predator adaptation in which prey briefly occur at high population density, population densities, reducing the probability of an individual organism being eaten. When predati ...

, an anti-predator adaptation involving high population densities of the prey *

Semantic satiation Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at ...

, where repetition of a word or phrase causes it to temporarily lose meaning * Satiation therapy, a type of

behavioral therapy Behaviour therapy or behavioural psychotherapy is a broad term referring to clinical psychotherapy that uses techniques derived from behaviourism and/or cognitive psychology. It looks at specific, learned behaviours and how the environment, or o ...

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