Glass Ceiling Definition

noun
Institutional and social obstacles regarded as a barrier preventing women and certain minorities from advancing to the highest positions in business, government, etc.
Webster's New World

An unwritten, uncodified barrier to further promotion or progression for a member of a specific demographic group.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Glass Ceiling

Noun

Singular:
glass ceiling
Plural:
glass-ceilings

Origin of Glass Ceiling

  • glass, indicating transparency to allude to the unofficial nature of the limitation, and ceiling, suggesting a barrier to upward advancement.

    From Wiktionary

Glass Ceiling Sentence Examples

  • Rather than demolish two elm trees in the park a giant domed glass ceiling was built around them.

  • It is housed in an attractive modern building well lit due to it's stained glass ceiling.

  • Not everyone can make a name in the picture-taking business, but when someone breaks through the glass ceiling others take notice very quickly.

  • This vessel is considered a marvel of modern cruise engineering and is highlighted by an 11-story Metropolis atrium with a ruby-red glass ceiling.

  • Many women need to learn several skills if we are to shatter the glass ceiling.

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to glass ceiling using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

GGLGLA

Words Ending With

GNGING

Unscrambles

glass ceiling

Words Starting With G and Ending With G

Starts With G & Ends With GStarts With GL & Ends With GStarts With G & Ends With NG

Word Length

13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With G13 Letter Words Ending With G