Meaning & use
Clairaudient
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Having or relating to the claimed paranormal ability to perceive sounds, especially voices, that are not audible to normal hearing.
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The medium claimed to be clairaudient, hearing messages from spirits during the séance.
Skeptics doubt that any clairaudient person can truly hear voices beyond the range of ordinary perception.
A note on using this word
Formed from French 'clair' (clear) and 'audient' (hearing), on the model of 'clairvoyant'; both terms emerged from 19th-century spiritualist movements.
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