Receptivity
[rɪ,sɛp'tɪvəti]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being receptive.
(n.) The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses.
Editor: Meredith
Examples
- Capacity may denote mere receptivity, like the capacity of a quart measure. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The ideal was a maximum of receptivity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The attitudes of receptivity are various, and Will had sincerely tried many of them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It calls instincts and habits into play; it is a foe to passive receptivity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Suzy