RECEPTIVITY

receptiveness, receptivity, openness

(noun) willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); “he was testing the government’s receptiveness to reform”; “this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur”; “their receptivity to the proposal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

receptivity (countable and uncountable, plural receptivities)

(uncountable) The state of being receptive

(countable) The extent to which something is receptive

Source: Wiktionary


Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réceptivité.]

1. The state or quality of being receptive.

2. (Kantian Philos.)

Definition: The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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