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Definition of evocation in English: evocationnoun ɛvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)niːvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n mass noun1The act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind. the vivid evocation of stillness in the title poem the evocation of deep emotions Example sentencesExamples - The earlier chapters of the novel provide a lively evocation of Oxford life.
- He performs a remarkable feat of narrative control: neither the themes, gags, puzzles nor pace of the plot obscure his rich evocation of places and the specificity of his people.
- The poem's theme moves between hope and the evocation of past happiness.
- We talked about reading and the evocation of sights, sounds, smells, and feelings that books can have when we read them.
- What is really amazing in the choreographic shape of the ballet is the steady, marvellous evocation of water.
- 1.1count noun An account or work of art that brings or recalls a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind.
his 560-page epic is a detailed, moving evocation of childhood Example sentencesExamples - The battles showcase a generalized blur of blood within much frenetic camerawork, but we get very few startling evocations of real mayhem or horror.
- The photographs are far from romantic evocations of the seaside and have a disengaged quality about them, lifeless without being sterile.
- The same year she created her first piece, which was an evocation of a Gothic Virgin.
- In his many evocations, he renders his sense of place and otherness with deliberate diction and well-placed references.
- It's a rich, melancholy evocation of 1945, a rough time in Taiwan's history.
- He provided evocations, picture-postcard memories of a vanishing, or already vanished, urban order.
- 1.2 The action of eliciting a response.
the mutual evocation of responses through body language Example sentencesExamples - It would be useful to be able to disconnect the recall of a particular set of memories with the evocation of an undesired emotional reaction.
- The effects of unpleasant stimulation are presumed to enhance the startle reflex through evocation of learned or innate responses in the amygdala.
- I loved the clever evocation of a primal fear featured in the many iterations of these songs.
- He hypnotized over 150 subjects and elicited autonomic reactions that led to the evocations of disorders including eczema, asthma, and migraine headache.
- This was no shaggy jam session, but a rigorous evocation of a freak-out.
- The evocation of a deep emotional response was important to your decision-making.
- The conclusion of many of his poems is an evocation of wonder.
2The action of invoking a spirit or deity. the evocation of wandering spirits Example sentencesExamples - By abstaining from the evocation of a given spirit, we open the door to any and every spirit who desires to enter.
- The evocation of a spirit is precisely similar in essence.
- There is a troubling darkness in its soul, which the righteous rhetoric and cynical evocation of God seem only to enhance.
- The evocation of given spirits offers more difficulties for mediums than do spontaneous dictations.
- His letters are also generally free of the standard evocations of God and his will.
Definition of evocation in US English: evocationnoun 1The act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind. the vivid evocation of stillness in the title poem the evocation of deep emotions Example sentencesExamples - The poem's theme moves between hope and the evocation of past happiness.
- What is really amazing in the choreographic shape of the ballet is the steady, marvellous evocation of water.
- The earlier chapters of the novel provide a lively evocation of Oxford life.
- We talked about reading and the evocation of sights, sounds, smells, and feelings that books can have when we read them.
- He performs a remarkable feat of narrative control: neither the themes, gags, puzzles nor pace of the plot obscure his rich evocation of places and the specificity of his people.
- 1.1 An account or work of art that brings or recalls a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind.
his 560-page epic is a detailed, moving evocation of childhood Example sentencesExamples - The photographs are far from romantic evocations of the seaside and have a disengaged quality about them, lifeless without being sterile.
- He provided evocations, picture-postcard memories of a vanishing, or already vanished, urban order.
- It's a rich, melancholy evocation of 1945, a rough time in Taiwan's history.
- The battles showcase a generalized blur of blood within much frenetic camerawork, but we get very few startling evocations of real mayhem or horror.
- In his many evocations, he renders his sense of place and otherness with deliberate diction and well-placed references.
- The same year she created her first piece, which was an evocation of a Gothic Virgin.
- 1.2 The action of eliciting a response.
the mutual evocation of responses through body language Example sentencesExamples - The evocation of a deep emotional response was important to your decision-making.
- He hypnotized over 150 subjects and elicited autonomic reactions that led to the evocations of disorders including eczema, asthma, and migraine headache.
- This was no shaggy jam session, but a rigorous evocation of a freak-out.
- The conclusion of many of his poems is an evocation of wonder.
- I loved the clever evocation of a primal fear featured in the many iterations of these songs.
- It would be useful to be able to disconnect the recall of a particular set of memories with the evocation of an undesired emotional reaction.
- The effects of unpleasant stimulation are presumed to enhance the startle reflex through evocation of learned or innate responses in the amygdala.
2The action of invoking a spirit or deity. the evocation of wandering spirits Example sentencesExamples - His letters are also generally free of the standard evocations of God and his will.
- The evocation of given spirits offers more difficulties for mediums than do spontaneous dictations.
- By abstaining from the evocation of a given spirit, we open the door to any and every spirit who desires to enter.
- The evocation of a spirit is precisely similar in essence.
- There is a troubling darkness in its soul, which the righteous rhetoric and cynical evocation of God seem only to enhance.
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