Evocation

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of calling out or forth, or evoking. countable, uncountable

    "Schepisi makes it clear that the outlandish rules, the strict self-discipline, the body hatred, and erotophobia is destructive; it is doing no one any good. But since he is also presenting a (somewhat) loving evocation of his own past, this measure gets soft peddled."

  2. 2
    imaginative re-creation wordnet
  3. 3
    stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors wordnet
  4. 4
    calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations wordnet

Synonyms

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arousalbeckbeck and callbiddingbringing outcall

Example

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"Schepisi makes it clear that the outlandish rules, the strict self-discipline, the body hatred, and erotophobia is destructive; it is doing no one any good. But since he is also presenting a (somewhat) loving evocation of his own past, this measure gets soft peddled."

Etymology

From Middle French évocation.

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