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Receptiveness

Receptiveness \Re*cep"tive*ness\, n. The quality of being receptive.

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receptiveness

n. the characteristic of being receptive

WordNet
receptiveness

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

Usage examples of "receptiveness".

He feels stuck to the floor by his shoes and simultaneously pained by the old man’s lack of receptiveness and seeming indifference toward him.

Besides, Carter had something that set him apart, a quiet receptiveness to new ideas.