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glass ceiling

glass ceil·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [glas, glahs see-ling]
    • /glæs, glɑs ˈsi lɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [glas, glahs see-ling]
    • /glæs, glɑs ˈsi lɪŋ/

Definitions of glass ceiling words

  • noun glass ceiling an upper limit to professional advancement that is imposed upon women, minorities, and other nondominant groups and is not readily perceived or openly acknowledged: It’s more difficult for women of color to break through the glass ceiling. 1
  • countable noun glass ceiling 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. 0
  • noun glass ceiling a situation in which progress, esp promotion, appears to be possible but restrictions or discrimination create a barrier that prevents it 0
  • noun glass ceiling an unofficial policy regarded as being imposed on women and minorities that prevents them from advancing to higher positions in business, government, etc. 0
  • noun glass ceiling (Idiomatic) An unwritten, uncodified barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a member of a specific demographic group. 0
See all 5 definitions of glass ceiling

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Origin of glass ceiling

First appearance:

before 1980
One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1980-85

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Parts of speech for Glass ceiling

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Glass ceiling

glass ceiling popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

glass ceiling usage trend in Literature

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