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

Examples of participatory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In other words, does the technology center humanity, helping people and communities become more just and participatory? —Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 May 2026

Campaign films can become a remix template, product moments can shift towards a more participatory format, and entertainment assets can travel through fan edits at a scale that would previously have required a large media plan. —Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Concerns have been expressed regarding the participatory and democratic aspects of social news sites. —Steve Paulussen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026

That is a lot of people who have spent a lot of hours in a world built by Japanese designers, and no amount of television viewing can replicate that kind of participatory attachment. —Bobby Ghosh, Time, 7 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for participatory

• adjudicatory
• anticipatory
• articulatory
• classificatory
• conciliatory
• congratulatory
• discriminatory
• ejaculatory
• emancipatory
• hallucinatory
• interlaboratory
• interrogatory