Associations to the word «Atonal»

Wiktionary

ATONAL, adjective. (music) Lacking a tonal center or key.
ATONAL, adjective. (linguistics) Not tonal, lacking tones.

Dictionary definition

ATONAL, adjective. Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky