evocation — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Verwandte Wörter

   evokeinvocation

   Beispiele

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   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.

   a stunningly atmospheric evocation of urban ennui

Substantiv

1. imaginative re-creation

   Oberbegriffe

   imaginationimagingimagerymental imagery

2. calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

   Synonyme

   summoning

   Oberbegriffe

   conjuringconjurationconjuryinvocation

3. stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors

   Synonyme

   inductionelicitation

   Oberbegriffe

   stimulationstimulusstimulantinput

   Beispiele

   the elicitation of his testimony was not easy