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

He hardly knew the meaning of such words as "clairvoyance" and "clairaudience."

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Had the bell actually been rung, and heard psychically, it would have been a case of astral plane hearing, known as clairaudience.

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The Hebrew prophets were almost uniformly instructed by means of clairaudience.

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Clairaudience denotes phenomena of the same kind in the auditory sphere.

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In many cases of Psychomantic Vision there is an accompaniment of Clairaudience; while in others it may be missing.

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