the mind's ear



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the mind's ear

The imaginative capability to create or recall sound within one's mind; the part of the mind that experiences imagined or recalled sound. (An allusion to the "mind's eye," which is likewise responsible for mental imagery.) I can still hear in my mind's ear the sweet laughter of my daughter when she was a child.
See also: ear

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
'Azazyahu-Biblical Hebrew
Garnet (1)GAHR-nətEnglish
EerikE:-reekFinnish
RÁHel-Hungarian
Alastair-Scottish
Shulammite-Hebrew, Biblical