"tokenism" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2004 April 27, Matthew Tempest, quoting Norman Baker, “Green groups dismiss climate change 'tokenism'”, in The Guardian",
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          "ref": "2020 July 9, Mark Brown, quoting Anish Kapoor, “Anish Kapoor says art gallery 'tokenism' with diversity must end”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Contemporary museums, they need to stop tokenism. Collect an Iranian artist here, a South African artist there or whatever. They need to really begin to try to properly take on … what is contemporary culture today?",
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        "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."
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          "sense": "policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures",
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          "word": "tòcanas"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tokenizam"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tokenismo"
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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures",
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      ],
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