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elicited

elicited

5.7
A reaction that comes from something that makes someone feel something
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈlɪsɪtɪd/
translation icon : provocado
  • Her emotional response was elicited by the touching story he told.

Examples

  • Disgust is one of them, and it is universally elicited by certain things like this list.

  • And that means that we have to be concerned about the circumstances in which it was elicited or donated or taken.

  • We don't want them to like fail at tasks because the models were like not elicited properly because we didn't ask them, right?

  • The scientist's question elicited a thoughtful reply from the students.

  • The loud noise elicited fear in the children playing nearby.

Synonyms

evoked
vselicited
  • Specialized
7.3

Made by the brain or body after a small test signal

is used more generally for a response drawn out by a provocation
induced
vselicited
  • Specialized
5.9

Made to happen by another thing or action, not happening naturally

focuses on drawing out a response rather than creating a condition
stimulated
vselicited
3.7

Feeling excited and interested after hearing or seeing something

refers to producing a response without necessarily causing arousal

Antonyms

unresponsive
20 4.7

Not reacting to touch, sound, or commands

repressed
6 6.5

Having strong feelings that a person keeps inside and does not show to others

How Strong

overwhelming
423 4.4
strong
∞ 1.0
elicited
5.7
faint
148 2.7
absent
139 1.0

Surface Forms

elicited positive

Morphology

elicited = elicit (transparent) = elicit + ed

Regular adjectival past-participle formed from the verb 'elicit'; the meaning is directly derived from 'elicit' + '-ed'.

Etymology

Elicited comes from an old Latin verb elicere meaning 'to draw out', so imagine someone gently pulling an answer or a laugh out of another person. That's why an elicited response is one that is called forth or drawn out by a question, sound, or other trigger.