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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas);
- Example: "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"
- Example: "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"
- Example: "their receptivity to the proposal"
[syn: receptiveness, receptivity, openness]


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. [1913 Webster]
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]