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- Dictionaryevocation/ˌiːvə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind: "the vivid evocation of stillness in the title poem"
- 2. the action of invoking a spirit or deity: "the evocation of wandering spirits"
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EVOCATION definition: 1. the fact of making someone remember or imagine something: 2. the fact of making someone…. Learn more.
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 sense 3c. evocator. ˈē-vō-ˌkā-tər. ˈe-və- noun. Examples of evocation in a Sentence. rich evocations of the sights, sounds, and smells of the carnival the evocation of a simpler time.
Does the taste of a particular candy bar suddenly whisk you back to an earlier time in your life? That's an evocation, the summoning, usually unconscious, of a memory or emotional state caused by a particular stimulus.
Definition of evocation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. the act or an instance of evoking. 2. (Law) French law the transference of a case from an inferior court for adjudication by a higher tribunal. 3. (Biology) another word for induction 6. [C17: from Latin ēvocātiō a calling forth, from ēvocāre to evoke] evocable adj.
Evocation definition: an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth. See examples of EVOCATION used in a sentence.
an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth: the evocation of old memories.
