Evocationism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience. uncountable

    "After outlining the desiderata that must be met by any acceptable theory, Levinson lists the main contenders as basing their analyses on (i) evocationism, (ii) make-believe, (iii) metaphor, (iv) judgment, and (v) appearance of expression"

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"After outlining the desiderata that must be met by any acceptable theory, Levinson lists the main contenders as basing their analyses on (i) evocationism, (ii) make-believe, (iii) metaphor, (iv) judgment, and (v) appearance of expression"

Etymology

From evocation + -ism.

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