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tokenistic

adj

Etymology

From token + -istic.

  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 tokenistic — “token + istic”

Definitions

  1. Serving as a token of support, compliance, etc., but lacking substance

    Serving as a token of support, compliance, etc., but lacking substance; exhibiting or relating to tokenism.

    • The government has taken nothing more than tokenistic actions on behalf of people with disabilities.
    • The company’s use of ads depicting gay couples appears to be merely tokenistic, particularly in view of the support it has given to anti-LGBT politicians.
    • But what is not needed is a tokenistic gesture to place a woman, any woman, in the role, irrespective of her politics.

  2. Constituting a token or symbol.

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Derived

tokenistically

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