Silver Ceiling Definition

noun

An informal (and often unacknowledged ) barrier to promotion or advancement , in employment and elsewhere, for middle-aged and elderly people.

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Origin of Silver Ceiling

  • silver (suggesting the gray hair characteristic of advanced age) + ceiling (suggesting a barrier to upward advancement)

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