Meanings
nounelicitation (countable and uncountable, plural elicitations)
plural elicitations
- countableuncountableThe act of eliciting.
The exact interpretation of these hyperparameters becomes clearer once you have seen their role in the posterior and, hence, we defer a deeper discussion of prior elicitation until the next section.
2003, Gary Koop, Bayesian Econometrics (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.), p. 19 - countableuncountableSomething that is elicited.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounstimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German Erheben, Erhebung
- Erhebenact of eliciting
- Erhebungact of eliciting
- Ermittelnact of eliciting
- Ermittlungact of eliciting
- Erfassenact of eliciting
- Erfassungact of eliciting
Spanish suscitación
- suscitaciónact of eliciting
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elicitation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elicitation.
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