attunement

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noun

The quality of being in tune with something

OriginEnglish attune ← Latin ad- ← Proto-Italic *ad- →
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Meanings

nounattunement (countable and uncountable, plural attunements)

plural attunements

  1. uncountableThe quality of being in tune with something

    We read Izaak Walton for his tone, for his perfect attunement to the quiet streams and flowered meadows and bosky hills of the Thames valley long ago.

    1969, Kenneth Rexroth, Classics Revisited, page 197
  2. countableThe process of attuning or becoming attuned

    My attunement to this power is accomplished.

    2006, Frater W.I.T., Enochian Initiations, →ISBN, page 92
    1 more example

    Deford's bio embodies one of the most perverse notions of modernity, namely that homosexuality is unmasculine and therefore incompatible with the manly attunement of body and spirit that is called for in athletics.

    1976 December 11, Thom Willenbecher, “Tilden Re-Crucified”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
attuning

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Englishad-
  6. Englishtune
  7. Englishattune
  8. Englishattunement

From attune + -ment.

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APA

attunement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attunement

MLA

“attunement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attunement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attunement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attunement.

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