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evocation

noun

  1. act of calling upon or summoning a spirit, demon, god or other supernatural agent
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle French évocation.

  1. The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.

    Schepisi makes it clear that the outlandish rules, the strict self-discipline, the body hatred, and erotophobia is destructive; it is doing no one any good. But since he is also presenting a (somewhat) loving evocation of his own past, this measure gets soft peddled.

    a stunningly atmospheric evocation of urban ennui