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receptive

Adjective

IPA /rɪˈsɛptɪv/

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Willing to listen to new ideas, advice or suggestions and consider them seriously, even when they differ from your own views.

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receptive/rɪˈsɛptɪv/

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receptive — Willing to listen to new ideas, advice or suggestions and consider them seriously, even when they differ from your own views.

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Willing to listen to new ideas, advice or suggestions and consider them seriously, even when they differ from your own views.

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Word origin

From Medieval Latin receptivus, related to Latin recipere, meaning to receive or take back.

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Receptiveness and receptivity are both nouns for the willingness to consider new ideas.

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