EVOCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does evocation mean? 

• EVOCATION (noun)
  The noun EVOCATION has 3 senses:

1. imaginative re-creation

2. calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

3. stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors

  Familiarity information: EVOCATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVOCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Imaginative re-creation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("evocation" is a kind of...):

imagery; imagination; imaging; mental imagery (the ability to form mental images of things or events)

Derivation:

evoke (call to mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

evocation; summoning

Hypernyms ("evocation" is a kind of...):

conjuration; conjuring; conjury; invocation (calling up a spirit or devil)

Holonyms ("evocation" is a part of...):

dispossession; exorcism (freeing from evil spirits)

Derivation:

evoke (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

elicitation; evocation; induction

Context example:

the elicitation of his testimony was not easy

Hypernyms ("evocation" is a kind of...):

input; stimulant; stimulation; stimulus (any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action)

Derivation:

evoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)

evoke (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))