Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
participatory \par*tic"i*pa*tor`y\ (p[aum]r*t[i^]s"[i^]*p[u^]*t[^o]r`[y^]), adj. Affording the opportunity for individual participation; as, participatory democracy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1833, from participate + -ory. Participatory democracy attested from 1965, a term from student protests.
Wiktionary
a. Open to participation.
WordNet
adj. affording the opportunity for individual participation; "participatory democracy"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "participatory".
The resulting social and political unrest - coupled with violent, though typically impotent, protests against the war, America and the political leadership - is unlikely to convince panicky tottering regimes to offer greater political openness and participatory democracy.
Most importantly, he showed us how a participatory democracy can also be a profitable one, for voters and candidates alike.
Neither he nor Aldous Huxley had much faith in the future of participatory democracy.
For reasons of its own, the Terran Empire had decided that participatory democracy was the only tenable form of freedom.
Talk about the classic contributions of Aristotle and Plato in the participatory democracy of ancient Athens in creating the sense of community, just scare them all away.
We already know the answer - they go into participatory activities: sports, theme parks, amusement rides, roller coasters.
The corns and bugs and other small items Ross sold them help these to gradually gain a measure of control over the explosion and when things settle down, to establish rather precariously something like a participatory democracy where every individual had some say in what the government does, something the other Gurn-sets watch with unease and in one case outright hostility.
Michael and Kerena, followed by Billy and Denise, sandwiching a surprisingly participatory Captain St.
In the more than two years that elapsed between the time don Juan decided to teach me about the ally powers and the time he thought I was ready to learn about them in the pragmatic, participatory form he considered as learning, he gradually denned the general features of the two allies in question.
Unlike other shrines to the dead, this was a tactile and participatory memorial.
Although the participatory nature of introspective observation may well be inescapable, it may be possible to refine this process so that distortion is minimized.
Hackworth had realized, quite some time ago, that this Dramatis Personae thing was going to be some kind of participatory theatre, he had been dreading this moment: his first cue.
He limped badly and was thus excused from all participatory moments, such as dances or candle lightings.
I have tried to be a behavioral type manager, given to participatory management, consulting with my underlings, listening to their ideas and permitting them, at times, to talk me out of my original position, I find my army leadership lessons ones I had to unlearn.
Neither he nor Aldous Huxley had much faith in the future of participatory democracy.