Evocative Definition

ĭ-vŏkə-tĭv
adjective
Tending to evoke a reaction or response, esp. an emotional one.
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Vivid and seemingly realistic as in the artistic representation of a particular time, place, etc.
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Origin of Evocative

  • From Latin ēvocātīvus (“pertaining to summoning”)

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Evocative Sentence Examples

  • It was once the seat of one of the great trading empires of the ancient world, and is evocative of the past.

  • A design for a half sleeve in this style would incorporate nautical imagery, pin-up girls or other imagery evocative of the 1940s and '50s.

  • The name of the town which sounds so evocative of the railroad age actually means " river junction by a hill " .

  • The evocative language of Scripture demands to be read with something other than the emaciated imagination of the scientific exegete.

  • This is a gentle, evocative meander through a normal childhood.

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