attunement

English

Etymology

attune +‎ -ment

Noun

attunement (countable and uncountable, plural attunements)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being in tune with something
   • 1969, Kenneth Rexroth, Classics Revisited‎^[1], page 197:

     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.

2. (countable) The process of attuning or becoming attuned
   • 2006, Frater W.I.T., Enochian Initiations‎^[2], →ISBN, page 92:

     My attunement to this power is accomplished.

Derived terms

• misattunement