evocation
Noun
The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
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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
Noun
imaginative re-creation
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calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
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stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
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the elicitation of his testimony was not easy
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evocations