evocation

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌɛvoʊˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ˌɛvəˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of calling up or summoning a memory, feeling, or spirit

The perfume was a sudden evocation of her grandmother's kitchen.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act of calling up or... summoning calling invocation conjuringelicitationarousal

Opposites

suppression repression

Word family

Related forms evoke evocative invoke revoke voice

Etymology

From Latin evocatio 'a calling forth', from evocare 'to call out, summon', from e- 'out' + vocare 'to call', from vox 'voice'.

evocatio Latin evocare Latin vocare Latin

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# evocation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɛvoʊˈkeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɛvəˈkeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the act of calling up or summoning a memory, feeling, or spirit

## Examples
- The perfume was a sudden evocation of her grandmother's kitchen.

## Synonyms
- summoning
- calling
- invocation
- conjuring
- elicitation
- arousal

## Antonyms
- suppression
- repression

## Related Forms
- evoke
- evocative
- invoke
- revoke
- voice

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: evocatio
- Root: evocare
- Root: vocare

## Etymology
From Latin evocatio 'a calling forth', from evocare 'to call out, summon', from e- 'out' + vocare 'to call', from vox 'voice'.

## AI Etymology
Evocation comes from Latin evocatio 'a calling forth', from evocare 'to call out, summon', from e- 'out' + vocare 'to call', from vox 'voice'. Morphologically, the form is compositional, with the named elements combining to produce the modern spelling and sense. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "the act of calling up or summoning a memory, feeling, or spirit", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as evoke, evocative, invoke, revoke, and voice, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin evocatio, Latin evocare, and Latin vocare, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by summoning, calling, invocation, and conjuring on one side and contrasts such as suppression and repression on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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