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Clairaudience

Clairaudience \Clair*au"di*ence\, n. [F. clair clear + F. & E. audience a hearing. See Clear.] Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of spiritualistic mediums, or the like.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
clairaudience

1864, from French clair (see clear (adj.)) + audience; on model of clairvoyance.

Wiktionary
clairaudience

n. The supposed power to perceive auditory stimuli beyond the realm of normal hearing.

Usage examples of "clairaudience".

When a sensitive person receives clairvoyance or clairaudience, or anyone has a psychic experience, the consciousness must be unoccupied by physical thought or sensation to permit its reception of the spirit experience.

When a sensitive person receives clairvoyance or clairaudience, or anyone has a psychic experience, the consciousness must be unoccupied by physical thought or sensation to permit its reception of the spirit experience.

Ilbryn agreed sarcastically, as tie let his clairaudience collapse, said farewell to the idiot wizards and their chatter, and cast the guidance spell that would take him to these ruins they'd been heading for.

This is equally true of clairaudience, the medium's consciousness, with clarity, becomes aware of sound from a spirit source.

I don't want some psionic monitor with two-way clairaudience they haven't told me about catching the whisper and coming to take the gun away from us.