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- noun Lack of
receptivity ; the quality of beingnonreceptive .
Etymologies
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non- + receptivity
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Examples
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If any devout dogmatizer really desires to learn how general is this attitude of nonreceptivity of the orthodox religion, let him assume the role of a scoffer; then he will hear the truth from men's lips; for while the doubter may yield passive assent to the prevalent orthodoxy, the earnest believer is not apt to enact the role of Peter without compulsion.
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