"tokenish" meaning in English

See tokenish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more tokenish [comparative], most tokenish [superlative]
Etymology: token + -ish Etymology templates: {{suf|en|token|ish}} token + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} tokenish (comparative more tokenish, superlative most tokenish)
  1. token; insignificant; nominal
    Sense id: en-tokenish-en-adj-ItSzVwrm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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