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tokenism

noun

Etymology

From token + -ism.

  1. inherited from tācnian
  2. inherited from toknen
  3. derived from *deyḱ-✻ — “to show, instruct, teach”
  4. inherited from *taikną✻ — “indicator, symbol, sign”
  5. inherited from *taikn✻
  6. inherited from tācn — “sign, symbol”
  7. inherited from token
  8. suffixed as tokenism — “token + -ism”

Definitions

  1. A policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token…

    A policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures; especially to hire a minimal number of ethnically diverse or disadvantaged people.

    • We know the prime minister regards environmental matters as mere tokenism. But we at least expected his ritual once-a-year speech on the issue.
    • Contemporary museums, they need to stop tokenism. Collect an Iranian artist here, a South African artist there or whatever. They need to really begin to try to properly take on … what is contemporary culture today?
    • This has to be meaningful contribution and participation – tokenism will only come to bite us in the future.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA