receptiveness
(rɪˈsɛptɪvnɪs)
[f. prec. + -ness.]
Receptivity. (Common in recent use.)
| 1681 J. Flavel Meth. Grace v. 104 There is found in us a capacity, aptness, or receptiveness, of this principle of life. 1701 Norris Ideal World i. i. 79 From the receptiveness of first matter he concludes the real and actual existence of it. 1858 Gladstone Homer II. 8 The retentiveness of that people equalled its receptiveness. 1874 Blackie Self-Cult. 85 A young man..with a reverential receptiveness and a delicate sensibility. |