noun
Refers to the practice of making only a symbolic effort to include members of underrepresented groups, often to give a false appearance of equality.
その会社の多様性推進策は名目主義に過ぎないと批判された。
The company's diversity initiative was criticized as mere tokenism.
Compound of 名目 (meimoku, 'name; nominal') and 主義 (shugi, 'principle; -ism'). The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely emerged as a translation of the English term 'tokenism'.