receptivity Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
openness; receptiveness.
- 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
WordNet
Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
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The state or quality of being receptive. -
(Kantian Philos.) The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses.
