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token
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A characteristic or distinctive sign or mark, especially a badge or favour worn to indicate allegiance to a particular person or party. In early biblical translations, token is used to denote an act which demonstrates divine power or authority.
The word is recorded from Old English (in form tā(e)n) and is of Germanic origin, related to teach.
tokenism the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from under-represented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workforce.
