clairaudience

[ klair-aw-dee-uhns ]

noun

1. the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead. Compare clairsentience ( def ), clairvoyance ( def 1 ).

clairaudience

/ ˌklɛərˈɔːdɪəns /

noun

1. psychol the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing Compare clairvoyance

Derived Forms

• ˌclairˈaudient, adjectivenoun

Other Words From

• clair·au·di·ent noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of clairaudience¹

First recorded in 1860–65; clair(voyance) + audience (in the sense “hearing”)

Word History and Origins

Origin of clairaudience¹

C19: from French clair clear + audience , after clairvoyance

Example Sentences

She also suffered from hypersensitivity while growing up and claimed to have clairvoyance abilities – knowing information through ESP – including "clairsentience," being able to perceive that which is not perceivable, and "clairaudience," hearing what is inaudibe.

From Salon

“So clairaudience” — or receiving auditory messages in one’s head — “is not necessarily a sign of mental illness.”

From New York Times

There’s also clairaudience, clairsentience, clairalience and clairgustance.

From The Guardian

The concepts of telepathy, clairaudience, precognition and remote viewing are foreign to most, but while our vocabulary is imprecise, our wonder is enormous.

From Salon

If this be the case, it seems likely that central perception will shape itself on the types of perception to which the central tracts of the brain are accustomed; and that the connaissance sup�rieure, the tel�sthetic knowledge, however it may really be acquired, will present itself mainly as clairvoyance or clairaudience—as some form of sight or sound.

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