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RECEPTIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does receptiveness mean? 

RECEPTIVENESS (noun)
  The noun RECEPTIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)play

  Familiarity information: RECEPTIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECEPTIVENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

openness; receptiveness; receptivity

Context example:

their receptivity to the proposal

Hypernyms ("receptiveness" is a kind of...):

willingness (cheerful compliance)

Derivation:

receptive (open to arguments, ideas, or change)

receptive (ready or willing to receive favorably)


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