tokenisms

Noun

tokenism (countable and uncountable, plural tokenisms)

1. A policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures; especially to hire a minimal number of ethnically diverse or disadvantaged people.
   • We know the prime minister regards environmental matters as mere tokenism. But we at least expected his ritual once-a-year speech on the issue.2004 April 27, Matthew Tempest, quoting Norman Baker, “Green groups dismiss climate change 'tokenism'”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2022