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

Again, by means of clairaudience, the person may hear the things of the astral world, past as well as present, and in rare cases, the future.

From Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by Panchadasi, Swami

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

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

From Four Weird Tales by Blackwood, Algernon

Brain-cell discharges will hardly account for the phenomena of clairaudience.

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

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