单词 | receptivity |
释义 | receptivityn. 1. The quality of being receptive; ability or readiness to receive or take in.Used spec. in the philosophy of Kant to denote a passive quality which contrasts with spontaneity or activity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > openness to suggestion receptivitya1620 receptivenessa1651 susceptivity1722 susceptibility1782 impressionability1835 susceptiveness1873 manipulability1942 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [noun] > Kantianism > elements of conception1701 schematism1794 categorical imperative1796 intuition1796 matter1796 receptivity1796 schema1796 dialectic1797 multifarious1798 reciprocity1799 form1803 synthesis1817 Anschauung1820 manifold?1822 category1829 modality1836 multiplex1836 predicable1838 multiple1839 multiplicity1839 presentmenta1842 elanguescence1855 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §6. 181 Hee cannot worke any where beyond the possibilitie or receptiuitie of his matter. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. iii. 11 The Air being of a thin Body..is of an easie receptivity for all sorts of Impressions. 1751 J. Roche Moravian Heresy iii. §v. 149 All the Vacuities and Receptivities of the Bush, were so equally and fully irradiated with the bright Beams of his Glory, that the Bush lost its natural Form and Likeness, and became as one Body of Light. 1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 74 That a given variety can occur in our perceptions, knowledge, &c. supposes a..Receptivity which is totally Passive. 1837 Fraser's Mag. 15 728 They are here receptivities, or moulds of matter. 1885 G. Allen Charles Darwin x. 175 He had the sympathetic receptivity of all truly great minds. 1903 H. Keller Story of my Life iii. 265 The attitude of the child toward his books should be that of unconscious receptivity. 1974 A. E. Blumberg tr. M. Schlick Gen. Theory of Knowl. iii. §40. 371 The introduction of the antithesis between spontaneity and receptivity—in modern terms, between activity and passivity—is entirely inappropriate at this point. 2001 L. Vaughan-Lee Signs of God 114 The importance of the feminine quality of receptivity has been forgotten in our masculine world. 2. a. Botany. The capacity of a plant to be pollinated, fertility. Cf. receptive adj. 3a. ΚΠ 1890 2nd Ann. Rep. Exper. Station Kansas State Agric. Coll. 1889 353 Preliminary study of the receptivity of corn silk. 1921 H. K. Hayes & R. J. Garber Breeding Crop Plants v. 74 Learn the normal method of blooming of the flower, the period of receptivity of the pistil, and the length of time the pollen grains are capable of functioning. 1950 New Phytologist 49 63 Data on many other aspects of flower life (to mention but one, the period of receptivity of the stigma) are required. 2002 Ann. Bot. 89 97/2 The temporal aspects of stigma receptivity and pollen longevity were investigated. b. Zoology. The quality or condition of a female animal, esp. a mammal, of being willing to mate; the state of being in oestrus. Frequently contrasted with proceptivity. Cf. receptive adj. 3b. ΚΠ 1933 Jrnl. Mammalogy 14 213 These five individuals [sc. cave bats] are probably to be interpreted as females entering or in a period of receptivity to males as a response to the seasonal variation. 1965 Science 15 Jan. 306/3 Frequency of lordosis, ear-wiggling, and crouching [in rats] (all indications of receptivity) were recorded. 2003 Appl. Animal Behaviour Sci. 84 81 Using standardized behavioural tests [on ewes] to measure the proceptivity (initiative in establishing interaction with the male and active sexual solicitation) and the receptivity (acceptance of the male nudges and adoption of mating posture), we compared the sexual behaviour of females from four groups. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1620 |
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