clairaudience: meaning, definition, pronunciation and examples

No, clairaudience is not recognised as a genuine sensory ability by the mainstream scientific community. It is regarded as a pseudoscientific or paranormal claim, studied within the field of parapsychology, which itself is considered controversial and not part of established science.

Clairaudience is framed by the experiencer as a positive, controllable psychic gift, often with spiritual significance. Auditory hallucinations, as defined in psychiatry, are typically involuntary, distressing symptoms associated with conditions like schizophrenia and are not attributed to an external spiritual source by the medical field.

Within spiritual and esoteric traditions, many believe clairaudience can be developed through practices like meditation, mindfulness, and specific psychic training exercises aimed at heightening inner awareness. There is no scientific evidence to support the efficacy of such training for acquiring paranormal abilities.

No, they are entirely different. Perfect pitch (absolute pitch) is a recognised, if rare, ability within normal auditory processing to identify musical notes without a reference. Clairaudience refers to hearing alleged non-physical sounds or voices and is not related to the physical acuteness of one's hearing.

The purported ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing.

Clairaudience is usually specialised/technical (parapsychology, spiritualism, esoteric) in register.

Clairaudience: in British English it is pronounced /ˌkleərˈɔː.di.əns/, and in American English it is pronounced /ˌklerˈɑː.di.əns/. Tap the audio buttons above to hear it.