TOKEN ECONOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does token economy mean? 

• TOKEN ECONOMY (noun)
  The noun TOKEN ECONOMY has 1 sense:

1. a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions; patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards

  Familiarity information: TOKEN ECONOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOKEN ECONOMY (noun)

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Meaning:

A form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions; patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("token economy" is a kind of...):

behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)