evocation

See also: évocation

English

Etymology

From Middle French évocation.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

evocation (countable and uncountable, plural evocations)

The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
- 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 10:
  a stunningly atmospheric evocation of urban ennui

Related terms

Translations

act of calling out

Finnish: herättäminen (fi), kutsuminen (fi), mielleyhtymä (fi)
French: évocation (fr) f
German: Beschwörung (de) f
Greek: κλήση (el) f (klísi)
Italian: evocazione (it) f
Portuguese: evocação f
Spanish: evocación (es) f
Swedish: frammanande (sv) n, framkallande (sv) n, frambesvärjande (sv) n

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