'Receptivity' definitions:
Definition of 'receptivity'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: receptiveness, receptivity, openness]
Definition of 'Receptivity'
From: GCIDE
- Receptivity \Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty\ (r[e^]s`[e^]p*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^] or r[=e]`s[e^]p*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F. r['e]ceptivit['e].]
- 1. The state or quality of being receptive. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Kantian Philos.) The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses. [1913 Webster]