Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evocationism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: evo-ca-tion-ism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After outlining the desiderata that must be met by any acceptable theory, Levinson lists the main contenders as basing their analyses on (i) evocationism, (ii) make-believe, (iii) metaphor, (iv) judgment, and (v) appearance of expression"
"Perhaps, therefore, Impressionism is not so accurate a word as Evocationism, by which I mean the rendering of a vision such as an object or an idea has evoked"
"Different from both, Dusyanta seems to espouse what may be termed as emancipated evocationism. He represents the privileged viewpoint of the artist critic, also its limitations and perils."

Etymology

From evocation + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: evocation

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does evocationism mean?: An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience.
Where does evocationism come from?: From evocation + -ism.

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