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participatory, a.|pəˈtɪsɪpətərɪ| [f. L. participātor or stem participāt-: see -ory.] Characterized by participation or profit-sharing. spec. in government, etc., involving members of the community in decisions; allowing members of the general public to take part, as participatory art, participatory broadcasting, participatory democracy, participatory radio, participatory television, participatory theatre.
188119th Cent. May 803 A..survey of the ground already covered by participatory operations abroad. 1968N.Y. Times 6 May 46 Both the Negroes and the antiwar groups have made use of the politics of marches, sit-ins and mass demonstrations. But those who practice this ‘participatory democracy’ can ultimately achieve their objectives only if they work through electoral processes and win control of Congress and the Presidency. 1968N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 July 31/2 Those who really are committed to ‘participatory democracy’ and hence insist on participating directly and fully in all forms of social life that can rightly command their allegiance, are separated by an ideological abyss from those traditional representatives of ‘representative democracy’. 1968Guardian 10 Oct. 2/5 The prevailing catechism..requires all ‘dialogue’ to be ‘meaningful’ and democracy itself to be ‘participatory’. 1970Time 23 Feb. 68 These ventures in dramatic exploration are also intimately related to an attempt to bridge the we-they gap in the actor-audience relationship—what is popularly called ‘participatory’ theater. 1970Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 30 May 9/2 The most dramatic action of the early New Left was the journey hundreds of young people took in the summer of 1963 to live and work in Mississippi, helping Negroes organize themselves... The main slogan of that movement..was ‘participatory democracy’. 1972Listener 17 Aug. 197/3 Participatory broadcasting could be seen as a threat to the impartial provision of facts on the air. 1972Guardian 2 Sept. 10/3 The best of BBC participatory local radio. Ibid. 6 Nov. 10/6 The BBC is to start ‘participatory’ television... A trial run of 50 weekly programmes, each devised by community or pressure groups on their own terms. 1977Times 10 Aug. 14/7 That most trendy of activities, participatory art. |