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Definition of Receptiveness
1. Noun. Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas). "Their receptivity to the proposal"
Generic synonyms: Willingness
Derivative terms: Open, Open, Receptive, Receptive, Receptive, Receptive
Definition of Receptiveness
1. n. The quality of being receptive.
Definition of Receptiveness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being receptive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Receptiveness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Receptiveness
Literary usage of Receptiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Use of Motives in Teaching Morals and Religion by Thomas Walton Galloway (1917)
"Peculiar value of receptiveness in moral and religious education. If it is true
that the child must really be open and receptive in order to get the ..."
2. On Professional Education, with Special Reference to Medicine: An Address by Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1906)
"... he is apt to dismiss this subject from his mind: receptiveness has its limits
and the ship must he lightened. This kind of education is not edifying; ..."
3. A System of Christian Doctrine by Isaak August Dorner (1882)
"But at the stage of subjectivity it seems to be otherwise with receptiveness for
a vicarious life of the genus. The genus operates on the subject in the ..."
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