noun
semantic satiation
A psychological phenomenon where repeated exposure to a word temporarily causes it to lose meaning or feel strange. Used in linguistics and psychology.
同じ単語を何度も繰り返すと意味飽和が起こることがある。
Repeating the same word many times can cause semantic satiation.
意味飽和の実験では、被験者は単語の意味が一時的にわからなくなった。
In the semantic satiation experiment, subjects temporarily lost the sense of the word's meaning.
ゲシュタルト崩壊 refers to a visual or perceptual breakdown where a familiar shape or kanji looks like a meaningless pattern, while 意味飽和 specifically describes the loss of semantic meaning through repetition.
Compound of 意味 (meaning) and 飽和 (saturation), likely a calque of English 'semantic satiation'.