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How to pronounce evocation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms elicitation, induction
Type of stimulus, stimulant, stimulation, input
Derivation evoke
Type Words
Synonyms summoning
Type of conjury, conjuration, invocation, conjuring
Derivation evoke
Type Words
Type of imaging, imagery, imagination, mental imagery
Derivation evoke

Examples of evocation

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Your book offers an incredible evocation of what it's like to practice medicine.
From the sltrib.com
Your evocation of the limits of human knowledge, moral or otherwise, is powerful.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
That's where I encountered Flambards, with its perfect evocation of a lost world.
From the guardian.co.uk
Wouldn't its evocation of mid-noughties Moscow work even better as non-fiction?
From the guardian.co.uk
Christian McKay deserves an Oscar nomination for his fabulous evocation of Welles.
From the democratandchronicle.com
His slow evocation of a vanished England is evident in the smallest vignette.
From the time.com
This time, Hillcoat made me shiver, conjuring up an evocation of world's end.
From the bostonherald.com
Initially, we read the image as an evocation of Southern California hedonism.
From the stltoday.com
In the Third Song, Sarah Lamb darts and dives through the evocation of youth.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Imaginative re-creation
  • Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
  • Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
  • Evocation is the act of calling or summoning a spirit, demon, god or other supernatural agent, in the Western mystery tradition. Comparable practices exist in many religions and magical traditions.
  • The act of calling out or forth, or evoking
  • (evocate) To evoke
  • The calling forth into expression of that Divine Potential which is latent within the manifest form of any being.
  • Which is bringing a spiritual being before, not into, the magician (e.g. Goetia)
  • If an evocation spell deals damage to the creature, it has a direct effect. If the spell damages something else, it has an indirect effect. ...