participative

American  

[pahr-tis-uh-puh-tiv, -payt-iv] / pɑrˈtɪs ə pə tɪv, -ˌpeɪt ɪv /

adjective

1. involving or characterized by active participation; not passive.

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Other Word Forms

• non-participative adjective

Example Sentences

"The people are here now building popular power; the people are building from the bottom up participative and ecological democracy," Perez said.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2023

Swatting away the accusation, Saïed replied that the only forces behind him were Tunisia’s youth who, won over by his promise of decentralization, demanded a participative democracy.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2019

Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh said he wanted the group to "help bring the parliament back to its roots, ensuring Holyrood is open, transparent, truly participative and fit for the significant challenges which lie ahead".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2017

Instead, we should encourage experimentation with a variety of new democratic models at all levels to create more participative forms of policy-shaping.

From Nature • Jul. 24, 2016

It is too much the custom, perhaps, to regard as a special advance, that unavoidable, and merely participative progress, which any one class makes in sharing the general movement of the race.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman