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Definition of tokenism noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tokenism

noun
 
/ˈtəʊkənɪzəm/
 
/ˈtəʊkənɪzəm/
[uncountable] (disapproving)
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  1. the fact of doing something only in order to try to show that you are including people from minority groups, but not in a way that is really sincere
    • Appointing one woman to the otherwise all-male staff could look like tokenism.
See tokenism in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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