Tokenism

What do we mean by tokenism?

The policy of making only a perfunctory effort or symbolic gesture toward the accomplishment of a goal, such as racial integration. noun

The practice of hiring or appointing a token number of people from underrepresented groups in order to deflect criticism or comply with affirmative action rules. noun

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 noun

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

Words that are spelled similarly to tokenism:
tokenism, tokenish, tokenise, totemism, tokens, tokenize, tokening, owenism, tokenises, tokenised.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tokenism:
stereotyping, eastenders, token, nina, minority, minorities, surrounded, opportunities, characters, racial, woman, culture, start, character, women, stated, black.

Words that rhyme with tokenism:
fascism, aphorism, euphemism, recidivism, altruism, nihilism, nepotism, plagiarism, socialism, anachronism, mechanism, racism, narcissism, optimism, schism, criticism, chism, prism, metabolism, atheism, terrorism, autism, cronyism, organism, cynicism, populism, hedonism, capitalism, nationalism, feminism, communism, pragmatism, parallelism, animism, ism, mysticism, humanism, chauvinism, catechism, imperialism, journalism, despotism, patriotism, materialism, consumerism, stoicism, pluralism, skepticism, embolism, gnosticism, empiricism, magnetism, professionalism, dynamism, mercantilism, feudalism, astigmatism, tourism, mannerism, antagonism, secularism, pessimism, liberalism, judaism, rheumatism, chisum, paternalism, egalitarianism, fatalism, nativism, aneurism, activism, dualism, zionism, positivism, absolutism, totalitarianism, determinism, favoritism, federalism, botulism, egotism, egoism, symbolism, evangelism, individualism, surrealism, alcoholism, colonialism, modernism, collectivism, naturalism, statism, darwinism, romanticism, legalism, elitism, relativism, parochialism, heroism.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tokenism:
mere, such, racial, pure, female, political, more, sheer, only, cynical, liberal, symbolic, higher, much, economic, blatant, massive, faddish, cultural, minimal, ineffective, best, black, suburban, reluctant, hypocritical.

Words that sound like tokenism:
tokenism, totemism, mechanism, laconism, meconism, toucan sam, tokening, tokenize, zionism, veganism, chauvinism, paganism, agonism, reaganism, technician, tokens, antagonism, taken in, tunison, technicion, ptyalism, totalism, tokenish.