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receptiveness

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re·cep·tive  (r-sptv)
adj.
1. Capable of or qualified for receiving.
2. Ready or willing to receive favorably: receptive to their proposals.
3. Linguistics Of or relating to the skills of listening and reading.

re·ceptive·ly adv.
re·ceptive·ness, recep·tivi·ty n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.receptiveness - 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"
willingness - cheerful compliance; "he expressed his willingness to help"
Translations
receptiveness [rɪˈseptɪvnɪs] N receptivity [rɪsepˈtɪvɪtɪ] Nreceptividad f
receptiveness [rɪˈsɛptɪvnɪs] nréceptivité f
receptiveness to sth
There was less receptiveness to liberalism in some areas → Certains milieux étaient moins ouverts au libéralisme.
receptiveness, receptivity
n (of person, mind, market)Aufnahmefähigkeit f; (of audience)Empfänglichkeit f; receptiveness toEmpfänglichkeit ffür
receptiveness [rɪˈsɛptɪvnɪs] receptivity [ˌriːsɛpˈtɪvɪtɪ] nricettività


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This created in Mr Pickering's mind an atmosphere of burglary, a receptiveness, as it were, toward burglars as phenomena, and the extremely peculiar behaviour of the person whom in his thoughts he always referred to as The Man crystallized it.
 
 
 
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