tokenism
English
noun
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
Etymology
Suffix from English token.
Origin
English
token
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betoken English
- foretoken English
- honeytoken English
- subtoken English
- token English
- tokeneth English
- tokening English
- tokenisation English
- tokenist English
- tokenistic English
- tokenization English
- tokenize English
- tokenless English
- tokenlike English
- tokenwise English
- token Dutch, Flemish
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- トークン Japanese
- token Middle English