receptivity

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What made Haynes different from many of his contemporaries, however, was his constant musical receptivity and adaptability.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Measuring the receptivity of stigmas, a necessary element for pollination, overlapped with the highest number of beetles found visiting the flowers.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

If children’s wisdom and receptivity to images are present, this idealized picture has great appeal.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

She describes how her students surprise her with their receptivity to the arguments of second-wave anti-porn feminists, like Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

This discussion does not exhaust the list of reasons proposed to explain why societies differ in their receptivity to new technology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond