receptivity
noun
ability, willingness, or quickness to receive or accept ideas, requests, experiences, etc..
receptiveness
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a variation of
receptivity.
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a word derived from
receptive.
Example Sentences
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One episode, omitted by Ms. Smialek, shows Edgeworth’s receptiveness to self-correction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
There’s an obvious receptiveness to owning your own experiences, but an impermeability to what anyone else has to say about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
Work on what psychologists call conversational receptiveness to foster empathy which can bridge the gap between the beliefs you each hold....
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023
“We were pleasantly surprised with his verbal receptiveness with the things that we raised and now we want to see the outcome,” Mr. Johnson said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
One factor in Ernest’s receptiveness to Harvard’s offer had been the thought of how excited his wife would be about returning to her native New England.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
