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I understand that a number have gone to Dubai or wherever, so they’re just moving, and you could argue it’s tokenism.

From Time

College teams often engage in tokenism by bringing on a single female player, and the vast majority of scholarships go to male players.

Together, slowly but surely, we are moving beyond tokenism, and transforming how organizations prioritize and realize diversity, equity and inclusion at every level.

From Time

If everyone’s involved, then there isn’t any sort of tokenism.

From Digiday

It goes back to tokenism and putting people of color in an awkward position by focusing the topic at hand on them rather than on the government.

They must have dismissed India as a soft state whose breast-beating is easily calmed by tokenism.

Conservatives may abhor affirmative action, but they adore tokenism.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tokenism, such as: duplicity, empty talk, hollow words, hypocrisy, hypocritical respect, and insincerity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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