Meaning of tokenism | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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?”

CEFR level