clairaudience

[ klair-aw-dee-uhns ]

noun

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

Origin of clairaudience

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

Other words from clairaudience

clair·au·di·ent, noun, adjective

Words Nearby clairaudience

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How to use clairaudience in a sentence

He hardly knew the meaning of such words as "clairvoyance" and "clairaudience."
Four Weird Tales | Algernon Blackwood
Had the bell actually been rung, and heard psychically, it would have been a case of astral plane hearing, known as clairaudience.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers | Swami Panchadasi
The Hebrew prophets were almost uniformly instructed by means of clairaudience.
Second Sight | Sepharial
clairaudience denotes phenomena of the same kind in the auditory sphere.
Metapsychical Phenomena | J. Maxwell
In many cases of Psychomantic Vision there is an accompaniment of clairaudience; while in others it may be missing.
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing | William Walker Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for clairaudience

clairaudience

/ (ˌklɛərˈɔːdɪəns) /

noun

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

Origin of clairaudience

C19: from French clair clear + audience, after clairvoyance

Derived forms of clairaudience

clairaudient, adjective, noun

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