willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature is oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal"
Someone who is receptive to new ideas or suggestions is prepared to consider them or accept them. The voters had seemed receptive to his ideas + receptiveness re·cep·tive·ness There was less receptiveness to liberalism in some areas
If someone who is ill is receptive to treatment, they start to get better when they are given treatment. those patients who are not receptive to treatment. willing to consider new ideas or listen to someone else's opinions