1. Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
   "The smell was an evocation of childhood memories";
   - induction, elicitation
    
2. Imaginative re-creation
   "The author's evocation of 19th century London was vivid and immersive"
    
3. Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
   "The ritual involved the evocation of ancient spirits";
   - summoning

Derived forms: evocations

Type of: conjuration [rare], conjury, imagery, imagination, imaging, input, invocation, mental imagery, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus

Part of: dispossession, exorcism

Encyclopedia: Evocation