ATTUNEMENT Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

attunement

noun

Definition of attunement

as in harmonization

Related Words

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Dissimilar Words

maladaptation

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Recent Examples of attunement The author’s grand and ambitious novels are written with warmth and a whimsical attunement to the human condition. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Authenticity needs attunement—meaning, share openly, but notice when the room asks you to rein it in. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 In the Polish Pavilion, Bogna Burska and Daniel Kotowski explored communication beyond spoken language through immersive sound and image, proposing vibration, listening, and collective attunement as alternatives to institutional authority. — Thomas Rom, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026 Some of these approaches require meticulous scholarship and technical proficiency; others, an attunement to the invisible realms of feeling and folklore. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The researchers positioned intuitive attunement as something that gets dulled by painful experience and reclaimed through healing. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 8 May 2026 The route to durable faith in God often runs not through logical proofs or the sciences, but through awe, wonder, and an attunement to the beauty and poetry of the world, natural and otherwise. — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 The novel, which jumps around in time from spectral reminiscences of the nineteenth century to the late 1980s and early 1990s and into the twenty-first century, follows the members of a Brooklyn family attempting to find stability while struggling with their strange attunement to the dead. — Omari Weekes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 Still, there’s an unsettling calm, an attunement to the fragile truce between humankind and the capricious planet that nourishes it. — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attunement

Noun

Speakers also called for greater administrative harmonization and support for emerging creative industries.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
The two organizations earlier this year unveiled a joint ESG harmonization framework aimed at supporting suppliers and preparing brands for coming European regulatory requirements.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of harmonization

Noun

Those failed rallies eventually gave way to a correction of approximately 10%, accompanied by the Iran conflict.

— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Johnson said the office has already audited its corrections spending to see what could be cut back on, based on requests from the Kane County Board to reduce its spending.

— Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of correction

Noun

Covers that bunch, slide or require constant readjustment have long been the top complaint, and manufacturers are now designing around it.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
These nuclei absorb laser light only when the frequency is precisely matched, allowing any decrease in absorption to trigger an automatic frequency readjustment.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of readjustment

Noun

An incident at one attraction can lead to inspections or modifications at similar rides elsewhere.

— Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
From a chemist’s first search to the perfumer’s modification exploration, there are years and millions of dollars of research before the customer gets wind of anything happening.

— Arabelle Sicardi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of modification

Noun

Central to this transformation is Digital Dubai, a government entity that is increasingly harnessing data to transform how decisions are made, services are delivered, and innovation is accelerated.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
For Daniel Washington, vacant land in Detroit's Northwest Goldberg neighborhood has already become part of its transformation.

— Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of transformation

Noun

The past two games were played at the NBA Atlanta Hawks' State Farm Arena and brought in 17,000 fans for each thanks to some schedule alterations, compromise and cooperation from both Atlanta franchises.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
And, yes, this rendition represented a lyrical alteration by the Tonji that departed from the traditional wording of the French national anthem.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of alteration

Noun

That would also give staff time to share the reasons for fee changes with the community, monitor potential impacts, evaluate customer responses and make adjustments as needed.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
There have been much smaller posture adjustments at several other embassies in the Middle East -- changes officials say are also linked to the Houthi threat and other matters not connected to any plan to resume combat against Iran.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of adjustment

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