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Noun Concept

Categories: Women-related neologisms, Feminist economics, Words coined in the 1970s, Employment discrimination, Sexism

glass ceiling glass-ceiling glass ceilings Glass cieling glass escalator

A ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions WordNet 3.0

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A ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A glass ceiling is a metaphor usually applied to people of marginalized genders, used to represent an invisible barrier that prevents an oppressed demographic from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. Wikipedia

A barrier to advancement of a qualified person Wikipedia Disambiguation

Metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given group from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy Wikidata

An unwritten, uncodified barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a member of a specific demographic group. Wiktionary

Unwritten, uncodified barrier. Wiktionary (translation)

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stained-glass ceiling

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sexism

employment discrimination

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