TOKENISM Definition & Meaning

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tokenism

[toh-kuh-niz-uhm]

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noun

the practice or policy of making no more than a token effort or gesture, as in offering opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority.
any legislation, admissions policy, hiring practice, etc., that demonstrates only minimal compliance with rules, laws, or public pressure.
Admitting one woman to the men's club was merely tokenism.

tokenism

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noun

the practice of making only a token effort or doing no more than the minimum, esp in order to comply with a law

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

tokenistic adjective
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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tokenism¹

First recorded in 1960–65; token + -ism

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For the Nigerian-born Catholic priest it just smacks of tokenism.

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Dr Yakubu said her appointment was not one of "tokenism" and she was not someone who could be "manipulated".

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Two years ago, Black artists at Long Beach Opera accused the company of racial tokenism and LBO canceled the production, which was to have featured HEX.

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Franak Viacorka, an adviser to Tikhanovskaya, told the BBC that Lukashenko's gesture to Maria was tokenism.

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But a senior minister dismissed that as a "misconception about the bill fuelling tokenism".

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