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EVOCATION
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I. (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:
Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
Example:
the elicitation of his testimony was not easy
Synonyms:
elicitation; evocation; induction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
Synonyms:
evocation; summoning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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)
