evocation en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle French évocation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
a stunningly atmospheric evocation of urban ennui
2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 10:Schepisi makes it clear that the outlandish rules, the strict self-discipline, the body hatred, and erotophobia is destructive; it is doing no one any good. But since he is also presenting a (somewhat) loving evocation of his own past, this measure gets soft peddled.
1982 February 13, Michael Bronski, “Boys from Catholic School”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| evocations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
fi herättäminen (act of calling out) · it evocazione (act of calling out) · pt evocação (act of calling out) · fi mielleyhtymä (act of calling out) · sv frambesvärjande (act of calling out) · fi kutsuminen (act of calling out) · sv frammanande (act of calling out) · hi आह्वान (act of calling out) · sv framkallande (act of calling out) · el κλήση (act of calling out) · fr évocation (act of calling out) · es evocación (act of calling out) · de Beschwörung (act of calling out)