participatory

adjective

par·tic·i·pa·to·ry pär-ˈti-sə-pə-ˌtȯr-ē

pər-

: characterized by or involving participation

especially : providing the opportunity for individual participation

participatory democracy

participatory management

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With delivery verging on manic, the comedian leads audiences through a maze of offbeat non sequiturs, experimental multimedia, bizarre participatory rituals, elaborate fabrications, and subversions of comedy norms. —

Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024 The website of the State of Nebraska legislature notes that the founders of this country specifically rejected the establishment of a monarchy, which by definition eschews participatory governance. —

Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 In a participatory universe, one observer can ask a question and get an answer in response, and another observer can come along — tomorrow, next week, a billion years from now — and ask a different, incompatible question and get a different, incompatible answer. —

Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 But other forms of democracy — direct democracy (initiative and referenda), participatory democracy (as in budgeting), deliberative democracy (like citizen assemblies) and digital democracy (platforms like Pol.is and Decidim) — are growing, especially locally. —

Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for participatory