elicitation
Coaxing a response
Elicitation is the act of drawing something out—information, responses, or reactions.
The word appears most often in technical contexts: researchers use elicitation techniques to gather data from subjects, intelligence officers practice elicitation to extract information without direct questioning.
The elicitation of expert opinions took several rounds of interviews.
The word implies skill or method in coaxing forth what might not emerge spontaneously.
Seeking answers through inquiry
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- grillingCooking on metal grates
- debriefingQuestioning following an operation
- inquisitionSustained, probing investigation
third-degree · scrutiny · coercion · confession · testimony · witness · suspect · detainee
Questioning following an operation
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- sourcePoint of origin
- assetItem of value owned
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
counterintelligence · surveillance · covert · clandestine · operative · espionage · tradecraft · signal
Formal inquiry form
- interviewFormal questioning session
- surveySystematic data collection
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- probeThorough examination or tool
transcription · coding · recording · experiment · methodology · participant · response · protocol
Admission of wrongdoing
- admissionEntry or confession
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- divulgenceAct of making known
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
uncovering · exposure · discovery · unveiling · confiding · sharing
Seeking to obtain
- inquiryRequest for information
- queryRequest for information
- appealFormal review request
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
petition · invocation · prompting · seeking · call
Persuading through gentle persistence
- enticementSomething that attracts
- promptingGiving reminders to continue
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
- inducementMotivating factor or offer
questioning
Seeking answers through inquiry
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- grillingCooking on metal grates
- debriefingQuestioning following an operation
inquisition · third-degree · scrutiny · coercion · confession · testimony · witness · suspect · detainee · evidence
debriefing
Questioning following an operation
reconnaissance · counterintelligence · surveillance · covert · clandestine · operative · espionage · tradecraft · signal
questionnaire
Formal inquiry form
- interviewFormal questioning session
- surveySystematic data collection
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
probe · transcription · coding · recording · experiment · methodology · participant · response · protocol · sampling
confession
Admission of wrongdoing
- admissionEntry or confession
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- divulgenceAct of making known
acknowledgment · uncovering · exposure · discovery · unveiling · confiding · sharing
solicitation
Seeking to obtain
entreaty · petition · invocation · prompting · seeking · call
coaxing
Persuading through gentle persistence
- enticementSomething that attracts
- promptingGiving reminders to continue
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
inducement · seduction · manipulation · wheedling · cajoling
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- Spycraftspy, agent, asset, covert, handler
- Bayesian statisticslikelihood, prior, posterior, hyperparameter, burn-in
- ESL teachingESL, EFL, TEFL, TESOL, lesson plans
- linguistics methodssemantic analysis, contrastive analysis, fieldwork, transcription, dialectology
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
elicitationsuppression
Forcible prevention or concealment
repression · concealment · withholding · inhibition · stifling
elicitationimposition
Unfair demand on someone
implantation · inculcation · instillation · injection · insertion