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attunement

attunement

7.9
A process of changing to become in harmony with someone or something
  • noun
  • /əˈtunmənt/
translation icon : ajuste
  • Finally, cultural attunement requires a social worker to demonstrate respect in their practice by humbly assuming a position of "not knowing" (Hoskins, 1999).
  • cultural attunement
  • attunement requires

Is this attunement to bittersweetness trainable?

Examples

  • All three of those require attunement of the machine to the material every time you put new material into the vice.

  • Cultural attunement also requires knowledge of how racial legacies shape contemporary experiences of race and identity.

    Academic text (2011)

  • However, we believe that shifting the language to cultural attunement helps to reinforce some challenges embedded within effectively executing this domain of ethical social work practice.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Yet pursuing cultural attunement requires both an understanding of one's beliefs related to race and a critical evaluation of how our personal systems of racial understanding are embedded within, and potentially reify, broader sociohistorical structures of racial meaning.

    Academic text (2011)

  • We may actually have a particular kind of neural wiring for this job of experiencing what another experiences—an act which would seem to be inextricably linked to empathy and therefore, to attunement.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The therapist emphasized that attunement is essential for building a trusting relationship with clients.

  • Successful communication in a team often requires emotional attunement among its members.

  • In music, attunement allows musicians to synchronize their performances and create a harmonious sound.

Synonyms

adjustment
vsattunement
106 3.3

Getting used to a new situation or condition

is specifically an aligning process aimed at creating harmony and connection
entrainment
vsattunement
  • Specialized
1 8.5

The matching of a beat or timing to another sound, like dancers to music

is a broader aligning process that includes receptivity beyond rhythmic matching
syntony
vsattunement
  • Specialized
9.9

Being in harmony with your surroundings and responding well to them

is the active process of adjusting and becoming receptive to create harmony

Antonyms

dislocation
11 6.8

A change that stops the normal way a system or community works

disconnection
9 4.2

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

How Attuned

synchronization
  • US
12 4.7
harmony
146 2.5
attunement
7.9
adjustment
133 2.9
misalignment
2 6.3

Surface Forms

attunement singular
attunements plural

Morphology

attunement = attune (transparent) = at + tune + ment

The word 'attunement' is transparently derived from the verb 'attune' with the addition of the noun-forming suffix '-ment'.

Etymology

Attunement comes from attune (from a- 'to' and tune 'tone' or 'sound'), and you can imagine tuning a radio or guitar until the sound is right. So attunement is the process of adjusting or matching to reach that harmony.