tokenistic

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tokenistic

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From token + -istic.

adjective more tokenistic · most tokenistic

Serving as a token of support, compliance, etc., but lacking substance; exhibiting or relating to tokenism. The government has taken nothing more than tokenistic actions on behalf of people with disabilities.
obsolete Constituting a token or symbol. 1908, T. W. Pearce, “The Ancient Faiths of the Chinese” in Arnold Wright (ed.), Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China, London: Lloyd’s Greater Britain Publishing Company, p. 340, Animals are tokens. Among tokenistic animals the dragon holds the first pl
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@misc{tokenistic_2026,
  title = {tokenistic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tokenistic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}