Receptiveness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Receptiveness \Re*cep"tive*ness\, n.
     The quality of being receptive.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  receptiveness
       n : willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions
           or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness
           to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature is
           oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur";
           "their receptivity to the proposal" [syn: {receptivity},
           {openness}]