satiety

This term describes a threshold where satisfaction transforms into a burden. In a physiological sense, it refers to the precise moment the body signals that it can no longer accept food, marking the transition from hunger to fullness. Psychologically, the word carries a heavier, often negative connotation of surfeit. It suggests a state of over-indulgence where a once-pleasurable stimulus becomes tedious or repulsive because it has been experienced in excess.