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Definition of Evocative
1. Adjective. Serving to bring to mind. "A campaign redolent of machine politics"
Similar to: Aware, Mindful
Derivative terms: Evoke, Evoke, Reminisce, Reminiscence, Reminiscence
Definition of Evocative
1. a. Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
Definition of Evocative
1. Adjective. that evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood or image; redolent or reminiscent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evocative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evocative
Literary usage of Evocative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parallel Paths: A Study in Biology, Ethics, and Art by Thomas William Rolleston (1908)
"Strictly, therefore, we ought perhaps to call Literature neither a Presen- tative
nor a Representative, but an evocative art. ..."
2. Wish and Will: An Introduction to the Psychology of Desire and Volition by George Lyon Turner (1880)
"evocative. Its first function is to rouse into action power that is dormant or
latent. (a} In our bodily life, it is true, there is a physical restlessness, ..."
3. Buckle and His Critics: A Study in Sociology by John Mackinnon Robertson (1895)
"What is wrong is not the principle of evocative protection, ... What then was
this " immense impulse" but a process of evocative protection by two prime ..."
4. Frederick James Furnivall: A Volume of Personal Record by John James Munro (1911)
"His creative power even surpassed his evocative one, witness the numerous societies
which he beckoned into life ; sometimes a real, lasting, vigorous life, ..."
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