auditive

Example Sentences

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The eye and the ear are not merely means of perception, for in that case there could be no visual and no auditive arts.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

Be this last as it may, it is certain that the emotion connected with the word Beautiful can be evoked by that word alone, and without an accompanying act of visual or auditive perception.

From The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics by Lee, Vernon

An audience which had come to applaud ballet was naturally disconcerted by such a contrast, and was unable to concentrate on something purely auditive.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor

He is an "auditive" as well as a "visualist," to employ the precious classification of the psychiatrists.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

The visual sense had here been rapidly replaced by the tactual and auditive senses.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst