Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tokenist

/ˈtəʊk(ə)nɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: to-kenist
IPA: /ˈtəʊk(ə)nɪst/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or indicative of tokenism.

Example Sentences

"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.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈtəʊk(ə)nɪst/

Inflected Forms

more tokenist (comparative) most tokenist (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce tokenist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtəʊk(ə)nɪst/.
What does tokenist mean?: Pertaining to or indicative of tokenism.
Where does tokenist come from?: From token + -ist, after tokenism.

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