Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending or having the power to evoke.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending or fitted to evoke or call forth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective that
evokes (brings to mind) amemory ,mood orimage ;redolent orreminiscent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective serving to bring to mind
Etymologies
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Examples
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Max Rosenthal: Following last week's embarrassing controversy involving Marines displaying a flag with what appeared to be a Nazi insignia, American and Afghan soldiers have alleged that a base near Kandahar was named Combat Outpost 'Aryan,' a term evocative of Nazi rhetoric.
HUFFPOST HILL - Get Out Yer Mayan Calendars: Democrats Won Something Eliot Nelson 2012
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The word evocative has appeared in 364 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Oct. 2 in "When 'Glass Ceiling' Is a Positive," by Phil Patton:
NYT > Home Page By THE LEARNING NETWORK 2011
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Learn more about the word "evocative" and see usage examples across a range of subjects on the Vocabulary.com dictionary.
NYT > Home Page By THE LEARNING NETWORK 2011
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And it reflected a perspective that the man labelled "Premier Dad," a term evocative of his somewhat overbearing manner of trying to look out for Ontarians' interests, is physically incapable of shedding.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Adam Radwanski 2010
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And it reflected a perspective that the man labelled "Premier Dad," a term evocative of his somewhat overbearing manner of trying to look out for Ontarians' interests, is physically incapable of shedding.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Adam Radwanski 2010
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The kamikaze was literally the 'Wind of Heaven', a term evocative of the divine intervention which destroyed the Mongol fleet as it crossed the Yellow Sea.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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The kamikaze was literally the 'Wind of Heaven', a term evocative of the divine intervention which destroyed the Mongol fleet as it crossed the Yellow Sea.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Also evocative is Chabon's fascination with secret knowledge.
Bless This Man !! Lou Anders 2007
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The surge (a word evocative of soft drinks and internet carriers) has sealed off the images of smashed doorways and roadside explosions.
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Quindlen's lush descriptions of the splendor of the Blessing estate stand in evocative contrast to the rigidity of the upper-class mores that destroyed Lydia's and her brother's lives.
Blessings: Summary and book reviews of Blessings by Anna Quindlen. 2002
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