Semantic satiation, where repetition of a word or phrase causes it to temporarily lose meaning
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Predator satiation, an anti-predator adaptation involving high population densities of the prey
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Economic satiation, where increasing the amount of a good reduces the worth of each individual unit of it
Semantic satiation | Predator satiation | Economic satiation |
Semantic satiation is used extensively in Tony Burgess' novel Pontypool Changes Everything, as well as in the film adaptation of the novel.