syntonic

 
Pronunciation: /sɪnˈtɒnɪk/

adjective

Psychology
  • (of a person) responsive to and in harmony with their environment so that affect is appropriate to the given situation: culturally syntonic
  • [in combination] (of a psychiatric condition or psychological process) consistent with other aspects of an individual’s personality and belief system: this phobia was ego-syntonic
  • dated relating to or denoting the lively and responsive type of temperament formerly considered liable to manic-depressive psychosis.

Derivatives

syntone

noun

Origin:

late 19th century: from German Syntonie 'state of being syntonic' + -ic