gray ceiling
gray ceiling · gray ceilings
An informal barrier to promotion or advancement for younger people, as a result of…An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement for younger people, as a result of older people continuing to work instead of retiring.
Meaning
1 sensesAn informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement for younger people, as a result of older people continuing to work instead of retiring.
Forms
plural: gray ceilings| Singular | gray ceiling |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedageism
See also
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