- glass ceiling
- noun Date: 1984 an intangible barrier within the hierarchy of a company that prevents women or minorities from obtaining upper-level positions
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glass ceiling — glass ceilings N COUNT: usu sing When people refer to a glass ceiling, they are talking about the attitudes and traditions in a society that prevent women from rising to the top jobs. In her current role she broke through the glass ceiling as the … English dictionary
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glass ceiling — noun count an unfair system that prevents some people, especially women, from reaching the most senior positions in a company or organization … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
glass ceiling — n. an unofficial policy regarded as being imposed on women and minorities that prevents them from advancing to higher positions in business, government, etc … English World dictionary
Glass ceiling — global|date=January 2008The term glass ceiling refers to situations where the advancement of a qualified person within the hierarchy of an organization is stopped at a lower level because of some form of discrimination, most commonly sexism or… … Wikipedia
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glass ceiling — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms glass ceiling : singular glass ceiling plural glass ceilings an unfair system that prevents some people, especially women, from reaching the most senior positions in a company or organization … English dictionary
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