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

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

Recent Examples on the Web

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. —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

Word History

Etymology

Latin evocation-, evocatio, from evocare

First Known Use

1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

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- 

: induction sense 3b

specifically : initiation of development of a primary embryonic axis