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

Only upon Jobs’s return in 1997 did the company undertake a strategy that would make it appeal to a much larger audience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Folk musician Jesse Welles has been reaching a far larger audience.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Fox News reaches a larger audience in short social media clips than any hour of on-air programming.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025

Although it was the second most watched programme in its time slot, a slightly larger audience had tuned in to both Emmerdale and Coronation Street on ITV.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

One argument mathematicians cite for not writing for a larger audience is the esoteric nature of their work.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos