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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ They worry that the job-sharing experiment may be tokenism rather than a real attempt at change in the way working mothers are treated. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A third problem with the numbers game is tokenism . ▪ Even ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1962, from token (adj.) in the integration sense + -ism .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tokenism is the policy and practice of making a perfunctory gesture towards the inclusion of members of minority groups . The effort of including a token employee to a workforce usually is intended to create the appearance of social inclusiveness and diversity ...
Usage examples of tokenism.
But with NSA hiring fewer than 200 full-time staffers a year between 1992 and 1996, the quota system at this late date amounted to little more than tokenism.
Natural selection had given way to a kind of reverse discrimination or tokenism.