Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of attuning.

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  • noun uncountable The quality of being in tune with something
  • noun countable The process of attuning or becoming attuned

Etymologies

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attune +‎ -ment

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Examples

  • When parent and baby click, it reflects what psychiatrist Daniel Stern called attunement.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • When parent and baby click, it reflects what psychiatrist Daniel Stern called attunement.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • Perhaps the strongest influence is what psychiatrist Daniel Stern calls attunement -- whether caregivers "" play back a child's inner feelings. ''

    Your Child's Brain 2008

  • In short, we have here once more another instance of that "attunement" between sender and receiver the most common instance of which is the wireless telegraph.

    Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897

  • You learn to do Reiki by receiving an "attunement" from a Reiki master.

    James Randi Educational Foundation 2009

  • "attunement" which, as we have informed you, is operative on the plane of thought and mental vibrations as well as on that of wireless telegraphy.

    Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897

  • reading of Homer and other texts, they rely heavily on Heidegger's concept of "attunement,"

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL ROTH 2011

  • In his early research on attunement, Stern and his colleagues filmed mothers interacting with their babies, who were seated in inclined infant seats so that they could “talk” to their parents.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • It was inspired in part by the company's performance last January at the Tasmanian Circus Festival, where, upside-down on the other side of the earth, she felt a special attunement to her body's navigation system.

    Curtain Raisers: A Future for Circus in the Balance Lizzie Simon 2011

  • Neglect can take the form of ignoring or not seeing another's humanness, withholding care, nurturing and attention or a shutting down of the relational behaviors that reflect attunement and connection.

    Dr. Tian Dayton: Relationship Dynamics Within the Addicted/Traumatized Family System Dr. Tian Dayton 2010

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