participative
Americanadjective
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"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
Women are taught to adopt a more “more democratic and participative style” than men.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2020
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
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 Herman Melville
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