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

Derived Forms

• clairaudient
  adjective
• clairaudient
  noun

Etymology

Origin of clairaudience

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

Example Sentences

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

From Four Weird Tales by Blackwood, Algernon

Who had the clairvoyance or clairaudience, or the wonderful tip in the scale of health and disease, which causes such phenomena?

From The Gates Between by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

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

This case bears the marks of very strong telepathy, but also has a suspicious resemblance to clairvoyance accompanied by clairaudience.

From Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by Panchadasi, Swami

Clairvoyance and clairaudience are considered as abnormal and phenomenal gifts, and as in no way conceivable, nor even desirable, as general and usual powers for every one.

From The Life Radiant by Whiting, Lilian