| 单词 | tokenism |
| 释义 | tokenism[ toh-kuh-niz-uhm ] / ˈtoʊ kəˌnɪz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tokenism ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe practice or policy of making no more than a token effort or gesture, as in offering opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority. any legislation, admissions policy, hiring practice, etc., that demonstrates only minimal compliance with rules, laws, or public pressure: Admitting one woman to the men's club was merely tokenism. Origin of tokenismFirst recorded in 1960–65; token + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM tokenismto·ken·is·tic, adjectiveWords nearby tokenismtoke, Tokelau, Tokelau Islands, token, token economy, tokenism, token money, token payment, token strike, token vote, Tokharian Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tokenism
British Dictionary definitions for tokenismtokenism / (ˈtəʊkəˌnɪzəm) / nounthe practice of making only a token effort or doing no more than the minimum, esp in order to comply with a law Derived forms of tokenismtokenistic, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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