tokenistic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Serving as a token of support, compliance, etc., but lacking substance; exhibiting or relating to tokenism.
Example Sentences
- "The government has taken nothing more than tokenistic actions on behalf of people with disabilities."
- "The company’s use of ads depicting gay couples appears to be merely tokenistic, particularly in view of the support it has given to anti-LGBT politicians."
- "But what is not needed is a tokenistic gesture to place a woman, any woman, in the role, irrespective of her politics."
- "‘You can't say “coloured”. And it's not the word “black” either,’ says Sarah's partner, Ross. ‘It's that it's tokenistic to say “invite your black friends”.’"
- "More than 300 academics and students have criticised universities for their “tokenistic and superficial” support for the Black Lives Matter movement given their poor record on tackling institutional racism."
- "As Jonathan Bartley said in The Independent on January 20, it makes Johnson's £12bn ten-point plan look "tokenistic by comparison"."
Etymology
From token + -istic.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more tokenistic (comparative)
most tokenistic (superlative)