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noun
An informal (and often unacknowledged) barrier to promotion or advancement, in employment and elsewhere, for gay and lesbian people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: rainbow ceiling
Antonyms: none provided
History
pink (“relating to homosexuals as a group within society”) + ceiling (“suggesting a barrier to upward advancement”), modeled after glass ceiling.
