clairaudience
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- noun
- /klɛrˈɔːdiəns/
- The musician's clairaudience made him sensitive to even the slightest change in pitch.
Examples
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Many believe that clairaudience can be developed through meditation.
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Her clairaudience allowed her to notice the softest sounds in the forest.
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Thanks to her clairaudience, she heard the distant bell before anyone else.
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She has a rare gift of clairaudience.
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Many people believe that clairaudience allows them to communicate with spirits during a séance.
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During meditation, she experienced clairaudience and claimed to hear messages from her guides.
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His clairaudience became apparent when he accurately described distant sounds that others could not hear.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
clairaudience = clear + audience (semi-transparent) = clair + audience
The elements correspond to 'clear' + 'hearing', so the literal sense 'clear hearing' is discernible, but 'clair-' is a non‑productive combining form and 'audience' commonly means 'group of listeners', making the formation somewhat unfamiliar and specialized for learners.
Etymology
The word clairaudience comes from the parts clair ('clear') and audire ('to hear'), a root you see in audio. It literally means 'clear hearing', which helps you remember it is the ability to hear very faint or distant sounds.