ATTUNEMENT Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

attunement

noun

Definition of attunement next

as in harmonization

Related Words

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Dissimilar Words

maladaptation

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of attunement 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 The essence of numinous Pisces heightens our sensitivity, imagination and spiritual attunement, while the North Node represents our growth and karmic direction, making this a moment where trusting your inner compass matters more than external validation. —

Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026 In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end. —

Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 The goal of healthy communication is emotional attunement. —

Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Chen described today’s relationships as more emotionally intensive than in the past, with higher expectations for presence, vulnerability and attunement. —

Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025 The intention of the survey, Hoffman says, is to pair people with those of similar emotional intelligence and spiritual attunement. —

Charles Trepany, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025 Researchers suggest that this might be linked to their acute circadian attunement to their environment. —

Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 Opening the body and awakening the senses via movement and self-care is another form of cleansing that’s imperative for chakra healing and attunement. —

Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attunement

Noun

Member states will then have a year to bring the measures into national law, except for Article 4 on harmonization, which must be adopted by July 28, 2028.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
After more than 15 years of collaborative work, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) established and validated a universal TSH harmonization protocol.

— Samantha Bonsack, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026