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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oanez	-	Breton
Gerard	jə-RAHRD (English), JER-ərd (English), KHAY-rahrt (Dutch), GE-rahrt (Polish)	English, Dutch, Catalan, Polish
Kiku	kee-koo	Japanese
Dolores	do-LO-res (Spanish), də-LAWR-is (English)	Spanish, English
Alexia	ə-LEK-see-ə (English)	French, English (Modern)
Yessenia	-	Spanish (Latin American)