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Noun: receptiveness  ru'sep-tiv-nus
  1. 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 behaviour, enabling natural mating to occur"
    - receptivity, openness

Derived forms: receptivenesses

See also: receptive

Type of: willingness

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