glass ceiling

Etymology
A metaphor using to suggest a barrier to upward mobility, and  to allude to the often unacknowledged or “invisible” nature of this limitation.

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Noun

 * 1)  An unwritten, uncodified barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a member of a specific demographic group.

Translations

 * Catalan: sostre de vidre
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 玻璃天花板
 * Dutch: glazen plafond
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Gläserne Decke
 * Japanese: ガラスの天井
 * Occitan: plafon de veire
 * Polish: szklany sufit
 * Portuguese: telhado de vidro
 * Russian: стекля́нный потоло́к
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

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