attunement en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- English tune English attune Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English attunement From attune + -ment.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The 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:
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(countable) The process of attuning or becoming attuned
My attunement to this power is accomplished.
2006, Frater W.I.T., Enochian Initiations, →ISBN, page 92: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| attunements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |