receptive
[ri-sep-tiv]
- having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.: a receptive mind.
- willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc., with favor: a receptive listener.
- of or relating to reception or receptors: a receptive end organ.
- (in language learning) of or relating to the language skills of listening and reading (opposed to productive).
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responsivenessacceptanceobservanceimpartialityunderstandinginterestreceptivenesstoleranceExamples from the Web for receptivity
Historical Examples
At the end of thirty days, we will mail you the Second Degree (for receptivity).
The Right KnockHelen Van-Anderson
The love of Nature, the different love, is a matter of our own receptivity.
Child and CountryWill Levington Comfort
The imperfection of the healer, and the lack of receptivity in the patient, are local limitations.
The ArenaVarious
It is manifested by the states of gravity, receptivity, coldness, and darkness.
How to Become RichWilliam Windsor
One of the most interesting things about Forster was his "receptivity."
John ForsterPercy Hethrington Fitzgerald
receptive
- able to apprehend quickly
- tending to receive new ideas or suggestions favourably
- able to hold or receive
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Word Origin and History for receptivity
receptive
adj.
1540s, from Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin recipere (see receive). Related: Receptivity.
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