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receptivity

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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.

The vulnerability of a target audience to particular psychological operations media.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.receptivity - 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
receptivity [ˌriːsɛpˈtɪvɪti] nréceptivité f


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Genius, he held, is necessarily intolerant of fetters: on the one hand it must have the utmost play for its spontaneity; on the other, it may confidently await those messages from the universe which summon it to its peculiar work, only placing itself in an attitude of receptivity towards all sublime chances.
Her nature was full of adaptability, fluidity, receptivity.
No spectator of art needs a more perfect mood of receptivity than the spectator of a play.
 
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