glass ceiling

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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

   Broaderceiling

Questions about glass ceiling

What does glass ceiling mean?

glass ceiling means "a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions".

Is glass ceiling a common word?

glass ceiling is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.