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TOKENISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tokenish mean? 

TOKENISH (adjective)
  The adjective TOKENISH has 1 sense:

1. insignificantly small; a matter of form only ('tokenish' is informal)play

  Familiarity information: TOKENISH used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOKENISH (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Insignificantly small; a matter of form only ('tokenish' is informal)

Synonyms:

nominal; token; tokenish

Context example:

a tokenish gesture

Similar:

minimal; minimum (the least possible)


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