receptivity.

Willingness or readiness to take in new ideas, information, or experiences.

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Words that belong together

• receptivity to criticism
• intellectual receptivity

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Their receptivity to criticism changed once the proposal became a matter of personal pride.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.