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lavender ceilings

lavender ceilings is the plural of lavender ceiling.

Meaning of lavender ceiling

Noun

lavender ceiling (plural lavender ceilings)

  1. An unwritten barrier preventing the advancement of LGBT people in society.
    • Each day, thousands of employees throughout corporate California wrestle with whether to come out of the closet. Some fear that revealing their sexual orientation will bring down the "lavender ceiling," which they say can spell the difference between a promotion and stagnation.1993 May 17, Denise Hamilton, “WORKPLACE DIVERSITY : Gays Confront 'Lavender Ceiling'”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lavender, ceiling.

Questions about lavender ceilings

What is lavender ceilings the plural of?
Lavender ceilings is the plural of lavender ceiling.

Words near lavender ceilings in the dictionary

  1. Laven
  2. lavendamycin
  3. lavender
  4. Lavender Bay
  5. lavender ceiling
  6. lavender ceilings
  7. lavender cotton
  8. lavender foal syndrome
  9. lavender lad
  10. lavender lads
  11. lavender linguistics

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