Receptivity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻsɪptˈɪvᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪsɪptˈɪvɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪsɪptˈɪvɪti/

5 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻsɪptˈɪvᵻɾi/.

Examples

he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform
this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur
their receptivity to the proposal

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

receptiveness openness

Parts of Speech

noun	willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) “he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform”

Word Forms

receptive	adjective	open to arguments, ideas, or change
open	adjective	without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Empfänglichkeit

Bereitschaft bzw. Bereitwilligkeit zu empfangen (insbesondere Eindrücke oder Ideen)

🇫🇷French

réceptivité

volonté ou disposition à recevoir (en particulier des impressions ou des idées)

🇪🇸Spanish

receptividad

disposición o disposición para recibir (especialmente impresiones o ideas)

🇮🇹Italian

ricettività

disponibilità o disponibilità a ricevere (in particolare impressioni o idee)

🇳🇱Dutch

ontvankelijkheid

bereidheid of bereidheid om te ontvangen (vooral indrukken of ideeën)

🇵🇹Portuguese

receptividade

disposição ou prontidão para receber (especialmente impressões ou ideias)

🇷🇺Russian

восприимчивость

желание или готовность получать (особенно впечатления или идеи)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आशुग्राही मेघावीता

प्राप्त करने की इच्छा या तत्परता (विशेषकर इंप्रेशन या विचार)

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্রহণযোগ্যতা

গ্রহণ করার ইচ্ছা বা প্রস্তুতি (বিশেষ করে ইমপ্রেশন বা ধারণা)

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏற்புத்திறன்

பெற விருப்பம் அல்லது தயார்நிலை (குறிப்பாக பதிவுகள் அல்லது யோசனைகள்)

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రహణశక్తి

స్వీకరించడానికి సుముఖత లేదా సంసిద్ధత (ముఖ్యంగా ముద్రలు లేదా ఆలోచనలు)

🇮🇳Marathi

ग्रहणक्षमता

प्राप्त करण्याची इच्छा किंवा तयारी (विशेषत: छाप किंवा कल्पना)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગ્રહણશક્તિ

પ્રાપ્ત કરવાની ઇચ્છા અથવા તત્પરતા (ખાસ કરીને છાપ અથવા વિચારો)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆ

ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಲು ಇಚ್ಛೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸಿದ್ಧತೆ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಆಲೋಚನೆಗಳು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്വീകാര്യത

സ്വീകരിക്കാനുള്ള സന്നദ്ധത അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സന്നദ്ധത (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഇംപ്രഷനുകൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ആശയങ്ങൾ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ

ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਜਾਂ ਤਤਪਰਤਾ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਚਾਰ)

🇵🇰Urdu

قبولیت

حاصل کرنے کی خواہش یا تیاری (خاص طور پر تاثرات یا خیالات)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

接受能力

愿意或准备接受（尤其是印象或想法）

🇯🇵Japanese

受容性

受け入れる意欲または準備ができていること（特に印象やアイデア）

🇰🇷Korean

수용성

기꺼이 받아들이려는 의지 또는 준비(특히 인상이나 아이디어)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khả năng tiếp thu

sẵn lòng hoặc sẵn sàng tiếp nhận (đặc biệt là ấn tượng hoặc ý tưởng)

🇹🇭Thai

การเปิดกว้าง

ความเต็มใจหรือความพร้อมในการรับ (โดยเฉพาะความประทับใจหรือความคิด)

🇮🇩Indonesian

daya penerimaan

kemauan atau kesiapan untuk menerima (terutama kesan atau ide)

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtanggap

pagpayag o kahandaang tumanggap (lalo na ang mga impression o ideya)

🇲🇾Malay

penerimaan

kesanggupan atau kesediaan untuk menerima (terutamanya tanggapan atau idea)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التقبل

الرغبة أو الاستعداد لتلقي (خاصة الانطباعات أو الأفكار)

🇮🇷Persian

پذیرش

تمایل یا آمادگی برای دریافت (به ویژه برداشت ها یا ایده ها)

🇹🇷Turkish

alıcılık

almaya isteklilik veya hazır olma (özellikle izlenimler veya fikirler)

🇮🇱Hebrew

פְּתִיחוּת

נכונות או נכונות לקבל (במיוחד רשמים או רעיונות)

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