Attrition vs Attuition - What's the difference?
attrition | attuition |
wearing or grinding down by friction
the gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource.
(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation, or death
(sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment
(theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse
(dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding
(psychology) A supposed form of apprehension midway between sensation in animals and perception in human beings.
* 1898 , S. S. Laurie, "The Growth of Mind," The School Review , vol. 6, no. 2, p. 83n:
As nouns the difference between attrition and attuition
is that attrition is wearing or grinding down by friction while attuition is (psychology) a supposed form of apprehension midway between sensation in animals and perception in human beings.attrition
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* (employment reduction by natural causes) natural wastageAntonyms
* accretionDerived terms
* attrit * attritional * attritionary * attritive * attrition damageAnagrams
*attuition
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(-)- But what of non-rational beings—the animal or infant-man of attuition ?