evocation
noun
evo·ca·tion
ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən 
ˌe-və-
1
: the act or fact of evoking : summoning: such as
a
: the summoning of a spirit
b
: imaginative recreation
an evocation of the past
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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Both actors absolutely own this story of ambition, power, and corruption and their uncanny evocations of men who will stop at nothing to get ahead strike you to the core.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
And their evocation of the perfectionism of the younger Bruce, who would order the band to vamp for several hours as he sound-checked every corner of an arena, tells you a lot about him.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024
John Adams Conducts City Music Geffen Hall, November 14 and 16
Adams leads the New York Philharmonic in an urban diptych — his own City Noir and Copland’s Quiet City — along with evocations of landscape by Gabriella Smith.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
Race pride, or Hindu supremacy, has endured as the nationalists’ core ideology, resting on an evocation of a mythical past in which Hinduism reigned supreme in India for thousands of years before Muslim incursion.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
And their evocation of the perfectionism of the younger Bruce, who would order the band to vamp for several hours as he sound-checked every corner of an arena, tells you a lot about him.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024
John Adams Conducts City Music Geffen Hall, November 14 and 16
Adams leads the New York Philharmonic in an urban diptych — his own City Noir and Copland’s Quiet City — along with evocations of landscape by Gabriella Smith.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
Race pride, or Hindu supremacy, has endured as the nationalists’ core ideology, resting on an evocation of a mythical past in which Hinduism reigned supreme in India for thousands of years before Muslim incursion.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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“Evocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evocation. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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evocation
noun
evo·ca·tion
ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən
ˌev-ə-
: an act or instance of evoking
Medical Definition
evocation
noun
evo·ca·tion
ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən
ˌev-ə-
ˌev-ə-
: induction sense 3b
specifically
: initiation of development of a primary embryonic axis
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