Dictionary

receptivity en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin recipiō Latin receptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English receptivity From receptive + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being receptive.
2. (countable) The extent to which something is receptive.
   • "And our march is regulated," said Mailey. "There is a gradual release to accommodate it to the receptivity of mankind." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

Forms

Deriveds

nonreceptivity · magnetoreceptivity · bioreceptivity · chemoreceptivity

Translations (17)

sv receptivitet (the state of being receptive) · de Aufnahmefähigkeit (the state of being receptive) · pt recetividade (the state of being receptive) · pt receptividade (the state of being receptive) · ga gabhálacht (the state of being receptive) · ko 수용성 (the state of being receptive) · fr réceptivité (the state of being receptive) · no mottakelighet (the state of being receptive) · ca receptivitat (the state of being receptive) · bg възприемчивост (the state of being receptive) · it ricettività (the state of being receptive) · da modtagelighed (the state of being receptive) · nl ontvankelijkheid (the state of being receptive) · de Empfänglichkeit (the state of being receptive) · es receptividad (the state of being receptive) · sv mottaglighet (the state of being receptive) · af ontvanklikheid (the state of being receptive)