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receptivity

re·cep·tive
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-sep-tiv]
    • /rɪˈsɛp tɪv/
    • /rɪˈsep.tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-sep-tiv]
    • /rɪˈsɛp tɪv/

Definitions of receptivity word

  • adjective receptivity having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting. 1
  • adjective receptivity able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.: a receptive mind. 1
  • adjective receptivity willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc., with favor: a receptive listener. 1
  • adjective receptivity of or relating to reception or receptors: a receptive end organ. 1
  • adjective receptivity (in language learning) of or relating to the language skills of listening and reading (opposed to productive). 1
  • noun receptivity openness to new ideas 1

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Origin of receptivity

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
From the Medieval Latin word receptīvus, dating back to 1540-50. See reception, -ive

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Receptivity

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

receptivity popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

receptivity usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for receptivity

noun receptivity

  • double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
  • innervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
  • motility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
  • excitability — (uncountable) The state of being excitable.

Top questions with receptivity

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