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The policy or practice of making only a perfunctory or minimal effort (as to desegregate or provide equal employment opportunities).

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  • Though I hate the idea of tokenism it does come to that at times.
  • However, it is a societal problem and will need bottom-top solutions rather than tokenism, which is the case right now.
  • This kind of tokenism ultimately seems a step backwards to me.
  • This person's take on "tokenism" is almost impossible to follow.
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