Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun evocation

3 senses of evocation

Sense 1
evocation -- (imaginative re-creation)
       => imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery -- (the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination")

Sense 2
evocation, summoning -- (calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations)
       => conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation -- (calling up a spirit or devil)

Sense 3
evocation, induction, elicitation -- (stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy")
       => stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input -- (any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action)

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