evocation

noun evo·ca·tion \ ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən , ˌe-və- \

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Definition of evocation

1 : the act or fact of evoking : summoning: such as

a : the summoning of a spirit

b : imaginative recreation

an evocation of the past

2 : induction 4e

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evocator

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Examples of evocation in a Sentence

rich evocations of the sights, sounds, and smells of the carnival
the evocation of a simpler time

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Such wild temperature contrasts: Has there ever been a chillier evocation of institutional brutalities lit by such glowing candlelight?

— michael phillips, chicagotribune.com, "'Filmworker': A life lived in thrall to Stanley Kubrick," 31 May 2018
The public and private spaces at Phantasma are rendered in lushly biomorphic Art Nouveau lines, and the arch of the show palace's stage cleverly incorporates a stylized evocation of the Phantom's mask.

— daryl h. miller, latimes.com, "'Love Never Dies,' a sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera,' struggles to abduct us," 9 Apr. 2018
This glacial cone of satin has long been one of the most revered designs in fashion history, a mysterious evocation of untouchedness.

— laura jacobs, WSJ, "‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’ Review: A Gift From the Sartorial Gods," 10 May 2018
Fitzgerald’s evocation of his time and the poetic quality of his prose.

— New York Times, "John McCain: By the Book," 3 May 2018
Her death, from leukemia in 1995, came to define much of his work in recent years, in poems that featured a forthrightness that was often heart-rending, and very frequently breathtaking, in its evocation of grief.

— harrison smith, Washington Post, "Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate who wrote of nature and loss, dies at 89," 24 June 2018
The first section of the text, the Ars Goetia, contains the descriptions of the evocations for each of the 72 demons.

— madeleine aggeler, The Cut, "‘It’s Pretty Involved’: Witches Explain How to Summon the Demon From Hereditary," 15 June 2018
Autun exists in the book like an evocation, a dream place, eternal and yet always slipping away.

— New York Times, "James Salter’s ‘Blue, Indolent’ Corner of Burgundy," 5 June 2018
The overall effect of Wall’s display is to take the viewer from the spartan, winter-evocative depictions of isolated trees in the graphite drawings to the gentler and more lush evocations of spring in the watercolors.

— mike giuliano, Howard County Times, "Representation and abstraction share Kish Gallery," 24 May 2018

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Origin and Etymology of evocation

Latin evocation-, evocatio, from evocare

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First Known Use: 1633

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augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

EVOCATION Defined for English Language Learners

evocation

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Definition of evocation for English Language Learners

: the act of bringing something into the mind or memory : the act of evoking something

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evocation

noun evo·ca·tion \ ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən , ˌev-ə- \

medical Definition of evocation

: induction 3b; specifically : initiation of development of a primary embryonic axis

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