EVOCATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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))

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...):

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)