evocation
noun
evo·ca·tion
ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən 
ˌe-və-
1
: the act or fact of evoking : summoning: such as
a
: the summoning of a spirit
b
: imaginative recreation
an evocation of the past
Examples of evocation in a Sentence
rich evocations of the sights, sounds, and smells of the carnival
the evocation of a simpler time
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The sentimentality of the logline is undercut by Burnett’s dreamlike evocations of girlhood.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Colette Pollard’s set is like an A-frame, a lovely evocation of small-town Tennessee, even if the band (under the lively direction of Ellie Kahn) looks a bit scrunched.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
To my mind—the mind of a mother whose son, like Saville’s, is now a young adult—the image offered a poignant evocation of parenting a boy through the transition from unself-conscious childhood to early adolescence, the body of a onetime babe in arms now easily outspanning that of his mother.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
When darkness falls, the walking begins in this vital, visceral evocation of the experience of migrants undertaking a hazardous journey on foot across the US border.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Colette Pollard’s set is like an A-frame, a lovely evocation of small-town Tennessee, even if the band (under the lively direction of Ellie Kahn) looks a bit scrunched.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
To my mind—the mind of a mother whose son, like Saville’s, is now a young adult—the image offered a poignant evocation of parenting a boy through the transition from unself-conscious childhood to early adolescence, the body of a onetime babe in arms now easily outspanning that of his mother.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
When darkness falls, the walking begins in this vital, visceral evocation of the experience of migrants undertaking a hazardous journey on foot across the US border.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
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“Evocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evocation. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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evocation
noun
evo·ca·tion
ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən
ˌev-ə-
: an act or instance of evoking
Medical Definition
evocation
noun
evo·ca·tion
ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən
ˌev-ə-
ˌev-ə-
: induction sense 3b
specifically
: initiation of development of a primary embryonic axis
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