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New American Oxford Dictionary

tokenism

to ken ism |ˈtōkəˌnizəm ˈtoʊkəˌnɪzəm | noun the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, esp. by recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workforce. DERIVATIVES to ken is tic |ˌtōkəˈnistik |adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

tokenism

token |ism |ˈtəʊk (ə )nɪz (ə )m | noun [ 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. DERIVATIVES tokenistic |-ˈnɪstɪk |adjective

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tokenism

t ken sm 名詞 U ⦅けなして ⦆建前 [名目 ]主義 〘たとえば人種 [性 ]差別撤廃に賛成しながら最小限の努力しかしないこと 〙.