Example sentences for: tokenism

How can you use “tokenism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (In spite of symphony auditions of barefoot, screened musicians, church hymnals laced with maternal imagery for God, commencement addresses to “Women and men of Yale,” affirmative action and the resulting tokenism, few feminists think the cause won.

  • Our quoted compliment employs the implicit tokenism of the definite article--"the woman"--the condescension of "girl," the dubious virtue of "talented," suggesting that her abilities were something she was born with, not something she earned.


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