from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
receptivity
n 1: 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" [syn: {receptiveness},
{receptivity}, {openness}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Receptivity \Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty\ (r[e^]s`[e^]p*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^] or
r[=e]`s[e^]p*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]ceptivit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being receptive.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Kantian Philos.) The power or capacity of receiving
impressions, as those of the external senses.
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