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| 1. | the practice or policy of making no more than a token effort or gesture, as in offering opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority. |
| 2. | any legislation, admissions policy, hiring practice, etc., that demonstrates only minimal compliance with rules, laws, or public pressure: Admitting one woman to the men's club was merely tokenism. |