Definition of tokenism in English:

tokenism

noun ˈtəʊk(ə)nɪz(ə)mˈtoʊkəˌnɪzəm

mass noun

The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from under-represented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workforce.
the use of gay supporting characters is mere tokenism
Example sentencesExamples
- This inevitably leads to some accusing the advertiser of tokenism or stereotyping, which in turn reinforces the difficulty of acting inclusively.
- Our report shows that children as young as eight can tell the difference between tokenism and meaningful consultation.
- It's merely an example of green tokenism which does nothing to meet any environmental objectives.
- Though considered by some to be mere tokenism, this openness to Asians has worked to the benefit of many dancers.
- As quota critics have long maintained, heavy-handed quota schemes don't promote true racial diversity, only politically correct tokenism.
- However, a growing number of artistic directors are going beyond tokenism to a point where racial diversity is absolutely essential to their mission.
- While it may be tokenism, it is at least an effort to expand the foundation of our knowledge.
- But it is difficult to regard these attempts as more than mere tokenism.
- Some felt that welcome performances were merely tokenism as no indigenous people were attending the conference, others that the Aboriginal voices in the region must be acknowledged.
- I am inclined to think that such moves are mere tokenism.
- With Scotland viewed by most as a distinctive media market, in terms of TV, publishing, radio, and advertising, such regulation could play a vital role in battling broadcasting tokenism.
- The industry scheme is all well and good but until every shop has a bin for collecting scrap mobile phone equipment, the scheme is nothing more than tokenism.
- One suspects that aesthetic considerations were cynically sacrificed to muddle-headed political expediency and tokenism.
- Piecemeal reforms of immigration law are insufficient and smack of tokenism.
- It is only if we have a real sense of what is happening with women, all women, rich and poor, young and old, can we hope to arrive at strategies and solutions that can make a difference and go beyond rhetoric and tokenism.
- Simply electing a few women to assume key political positions is mere tokenism, and should fool no one.
- The attempt to rebalance parliament so the ‘other half’ of the electorate could be represented may have been motivated by political correctness, but it has been anything but tokenism.
- We are allowing our countryside to be destroyed for the sake of environmental tokenism.
- We are catching up with history, and I for one would rather there be an organic process, rather than tokenism.
- The major networks can't even be accused of tokenism because they have too few token efforts to show.

Derivatives

tokenistic

adjectivetəʊk(ə)ˈnɪstɪk

Despite a revived interest in Scottish identity in recent years, the teaching of Scottish history is patchy and tokenistic with glaring gaps spanning hundreds of years.
Example sentencesExamples
- Have you ever considered that your coverage of women's contribution to sport is anything other than tokenistic and dare I say it sexist?
- The Government's move to raise the stamp duty threshold was, let's face it, no more than tokenistic.
- Maybe her new job will be the making of her; on the evidence we have so far, however, it is difficult to see her appointment as anything but entirely tokenistic.
- The result was largely tokenistic, with few of the female members feeling welcome there.

Definition of tokenism in US English:

tokenism

nounˈtoʊkəˌnɪzəmˈtōkəˌnizəm

The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workforce.
the use of gay supporting characters is mere tokenism
Example sentencesExamples
- Our report shows that children as young as eight can tell the difference between tokenism and meaningful consultation.
- This inevitably leads to some accusing the advertiser of tokenism or stereotyping, which in turn reinforces the difficulty of acting inclusively.
- Some felt that welcome performances were merely tokenism as no indigenous people were attending the conference, others that the Aboriginal voices in the region must be acknowledged.
- While it may be tokenism, it is at least an effort to expand the foundation of our knowledge.
- One suspects that aesthetic considerations were cynically sacrificed to muddle-headed political expediency and tokenism.
- We are allowing our countryside to be destroyed for the sake of environmental tokenism.
- But it is difficult to regard these attempts as more than mere tokenism.
- We are catching up with history, and I for one would rather there be an organic process, rather than tokenism.
- With Scotland viewed by most as a distinctive media market, in terms of TV, publishing, radio, and advertising, such regulation could play a vital role in battling broadcasting tokenism.
- The industry scheme is all well and good but until every shop has a bin for collecting scrap mobile phone equipment, the scheme is nothing more than tokenism.
- The attempt to rebalance parliament so the ‘other half’ of the electorate could be represented may have been motivated by political correctness, but it has been anything but tokenism.
- Though considered by some to be mere tokenism, this openness to Asians has worked to the benefit of many dancers.
- I am inclined to think that such moves are mere tokenism.
- It is only if we have a real sense of what is happening with women, all women, rich and poor, young and old, can we hope to arrive at strategies and solutions that can make a difference and go beyond rhetoric and tokenism.
- Simply electing a few women to assume key political positions is mere tokenism, and should fool no one.
- However, a growing number of artistic directors are going beyond tokenism to a point where racial diversity is absolutely essential to their mission.
- The major networks can't even be accused of tokenism because they have too few token efforts to show.
- Piecemeal reforms of immigration law are insufficient and smack of tokenism.
- It's merely an example of green tokenism which does nothing to meet any environmental objectives.
- As quota critics have long maintained, heavy-handed quota schemes don't promote true racial diversity, only politically correct tokenism.

单词	tokenism
释义	Definition of tokenism in English: tokenism noun ˈtəʊk(ə)nɪz(ə)mˈtoʊkəˌnɪzəm mass noun The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from under-represented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workforce. the use of gay supporting characters is mere tokenism Example sentencesExamples This inevitably leads to some accusing the advertiser of tokenism or stereotyping, which in turn reinforces the difficulty of acting inclusively. Our report shows that children as young as eight can tell the difference between tokenism and meaningful consultation. It's merely an example of green tokenism which does nothing to meet any environmental objectives. Though considered by some to be mere tokenism, this openness to Asians has worked to the benefit of many dancers. As quota critics have long maintained, heavy-handed quota schemes don't promote true racial diversity, only politically correct tokenism. However, a growing number of artistic directors are going beyond tokenism to a point where racial diversity is absolutely essential to their mission. While it may be tokenism, it is at least an effort to expand the foundation of our knowledge. But it is difficult to regard these attempts as more than mere tokenism. Some felt that welcome performances were merely tokenism as no indigenous people were attending the conference, others that the Aboriginal voices in the region must be acknowledged. I am inclined to think that such moves are mere tokenism. With Scotland viewed by most as a distinctive media market, in terms of TV, publishing, radio, and advertising, such regulation could play a vital role in battling broadcasting tokenism. The industry scheme is all well and good but until every shop has a bin for collecting scrap mobile phone equipment, the scheme is nothing more than tokenism. One suspects that aesthetic considerations were cynically sacrificed to muddle-headed political expediency and tokenism. Piecemeal reforms of immigration law are insufficient and smack of tokenism. It is only if we have a real sense of what is happening with women, all women, rich and poor, young and old, can we hope to arrive at strategies and solutions that can make a difference and go beyond rhetoric and tokenism. Simply electing a few women to assume key political positions is mere tokenism, and should fool no one. The attempt to rebalance parliament so the ‘other half’ of the electorate could be represented may have been motivated by political correctness, but it has been anything but tokenism. We are allowing our countryside to be destroyed for the sake of environmental tokenism. We are catching up with history, and I for one would rather there be an organic process, rather than tokenism. The major networks can't even be accused of tokenism because they have too few token efforts to show. Derivatives tokenistic adjectivetəʊk(ə)ˈnɪstɪk Despite a revived interest in Scottish identity in recent years, the teaching of Scottish history is patchy and tokenistic with glaring gaps spanning hundreds of years. Example sentencesExamples Have you ever considered that your coverage of women's contribution to sport is anything other than tokenistic and dare I say it sexist? The Government's move to raise the stamp duty threshold was, let's face it, no more than tokenistic. Maybe her new job will be the making of her; on the evidence we have so far, however, it is difficult to see her appointment as anything but entirely tokenistic. The result was largely tokenistic, with few of the female members feeling welcome there. Definition of tokenism in US English: tokenism nounˈtoʊkəˌnɪzəmˈtōkəˌnizəm The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workforce. the use of gay supporting characters is mere tokenism Example sentencesExamples Our report shows that children as young as eight can tell the difference between tokenism and meaningful consultation. This inevitably leads to some accusing the advertiser of tokenism or stereotyping, which in turn reinforces the difficulty of acting inclusively. Some felt that welcome performances were merely tokenism as no indigenous people were attending the conference, others that the Aboriginal voices in the region must be acknowledged. While it may be tokenism, it is at least an effort to expand the foundation of our knowledge. One suspects that aesthetic considerations were cynically sacrificed to muddle-headed political expediency and tokenism. We are allowing our countryside to be destroyed for the sake of environmental tokenism. But it is difficult to regard these attempts as more than mere tokenism. We are catching up with history, and I for one would rather there be an organic process, rather than tokenism. With Scotland viewed by most as a distinctive media market, in terms of TV, publishing, radio, and advertising, such regulation could play a vital role in battling broadcasting tokenism. The industry scheme is all well and good but until every shop has a bin for collecting scrap mobile phone equipment, the scheme is nothing more than tokenism. The attempt to rebalance parliament so the ‘other half’ of the electorate could be represented may have been motivated by political correctness, but it has been anything but tokenism. Though considered by some to be mere tokenism, this openness to Asians has worked to the benefit of many dancers. I am inclined to think that such moves are mere tokenism. It is only if we have a real sense of what is happening with women, all women, rich and poor, young and old, can we hope to arrive at strategies and solutions that can make a difference and go beyond rhetoric and tokenism. Simply electing a few women to assume key political positions is mere tokenism, and should fool no one. However, a growing number of artistic directors are going beyond tokenism to a point where racial diversity is absolutely essential to their mission. The major networks can't even be accused of tokenism because they have too few token efforts to show. Piecemeal reforms of immigration law are insufficient and smack of tokenism. It's merely an example of green tokenism which does nothing to meet any environmental objectives. As quota critics have long maintained, heavy-handed quota schemes don't promote true racial diversity, only politically correct tokenism.
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