tokenist

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UK/ˈtəʊk(ə)nɪst/

adjective

Pertaining to or indicative of tokenism.

Scrabble 12

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adjectivetokenist (comparative more tokenist, superlative most tokenist)

comparative more tokenist · superlative most tokenist

  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.

    2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 368

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APA

tokenist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokenist

MLA

“tokenist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokenist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tokenist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokenist.

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