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
Hattie['hæti]
Wibke-German
Niraj-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
Andria-Georgian, Corsican
CainKAYN (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
Marian (2)MAHR-yahn (Polish)Polish, Czech, Romanian