evocation
nounUK /ˌev.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
US /ˌev.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
The act of bringing a feeling, memory, or picture into your mind.
The smell of cookies was an evocation of her grandmother's kitchen.
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2. The act of calling up a spirit or ghost.
The old ritual was believed to be an evocation of ancestral spirits.
3. A work of art or writing that strongly brings a scene or mood to mind.
The poem is a beautiful evocation of a quiet winter morning.
4. In biology, the process by which one tissue causes another to develop.
Embryologists studied the evocation of limb formation in the developing chick.