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GLASS CEILING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glass ceiling mean?
• GLASS CEILING (noun)
The noun GLASS CEILING has 1 sense:
1. a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions
Familiarity information: GLASS CEILING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("glass ceiling" is a kind of...):
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