clairaudience

American  

[klair-aw-dee-uhns] / klɛərˈɔ di əns /

noun

1. the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.

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clairaudience British  

/ ˌklɛərˈɔːdɪəns /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• clairaudient
  noun
• clairaudient
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of clairaudience

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

Example Sentences

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clairaudience

In trance there is generally a development of other super-senses, such as clairaudience and psychic touch, as well as clairvoyance.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

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

From Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by Panchadasi, Swami

"Clairvoyance, of course, and perhaps clairaudience as well."

From Love Eternal by Haggard, Henry Rider

Clairvoyance and clairaudience are as natural, when the spiritual faculties are sufficiently developed, as are the ordinary sight and hearing.

From The Life Radiant by Whiting, Lilian

We frequently hear of, and witness manifestations of, what is called "spirit psychometry," "spirit clairvoyance," and "spirit clairaudience."

From Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by Atkinson, William Walker