receptiveness

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There’s an obvious receptiveness to owning your own experiences, but an impermeability to what anyone else has to say about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2023

The group’s receptiveness to collaboration inspired her to install a studio in her home, ‌‌in which she would record much of “The Love Invention.”

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Work on what psychologists call conversational receptiveness to foster empathy which can bridge the gap between the beliefs you each hold....

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2023

The Jamaican government's receptiveness to psychedelics runs counter to the conservative outlook of the country, where traditional Christian values dominate over the liberal Rastafari ideas that foreigners often associate with the island.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2022

One factor in Ernest’s receptiveness to Harvard’s offer had been the thought of how excited his wife would be about returning to her native New England.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik