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clairaudience

[ klair-aw-dee-uhns ]

noun

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


clairaudience

/ ˌklɛərˈɔːdɪəns /

noun

  1. psychol the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing Compare clairvoyance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌclairˈaudient, adjectivenoun
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Other Words From

  • clair·au·di·ent noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clairaudience1

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

Origin of clairaudience1

C19: from French clair clear + audience , after clairvoyance
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Example Sentences

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

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

The Hebrew prophets were almost uniformly instructed by means of clairaudience.

Clairaudience denotes phenomena of the same kind in the auditory sphere.

In many cases of Psychomantic Vision there is an accompaniment of Clairaudience; while in others it may be missing.

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