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

The key is understanding what those distinctive elements mean to the audience and cultivating them into a narrative that feels alive and participatory. —Steve Milton, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025

The group then split into three smaller groups and worked through a set of exercises intended to strengthen participatory decision-making and scenario planning. —April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 16 Nov. 2025

In dead zones, the dearth of public services and the fading imprimatur of the state will naturally erode local participatory democracy. —Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025

This signals Noetix’s interest in cultivating a developer community around Bumi, treating it as a participatory platform rather than a closed gadget. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025

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