Tokenist
//ˈtəʊk(ə)nɪst// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to or indicative of tokenism.
"The question of whether women could be masons at all was hotly debated, and though many women did join, this was usually in affiliative ‘lodges of adoption’, which were restricted to a tokenist, decorative and spectatorial role."
Example
More examples"The question of whether women could be masons at all was hotly debated, and though many women did join, this was usually in affiliative ‘lodges of adoption’, which were restricted to a tokenist, decorative and spectatorial role."
Etymology
From token + -ist, after tokenism.
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