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rainbow ceiling

rainbow ceiling noun: synonym of pink ceiling.

Noun

rainbow ceiling

  1. Synonym of pink ceiling.
    • Meretz MK Nitzan Horowitz isn’t just Israel’s only openly gay parliamentarian, he’s the Middle East’s only openly gay parliamentarian (though he was preceded in that role by Uzi Even, who broke that particular rainbow ceiling in 2002).2013 June 27, Niv Elis, “The Middle East’s first openly gay mayor?”, in The Jerusalem Post
    • I am an out gay man in my late 20s. […] I consider myself a successfully "launched" millennial and I've made it my mission to break the rainbow ceiling wherever I work.2014, Chris, quoted in Conor Friedersdorf, "28 Distinct Takes on Gay Marriage and Stigma," The Atlantic, 15 April 2014
    Synonyms:
    pink ceiling

Synonyms of rainbow ceiling

Origin of rainbow ceiling

rainbow (a reference to the rainbow flag, an international symbol of gay pride) + ceiling (suggesting a barrier to upward advancement); modeled after glass ceiling.

Questions about rainbow ceiling

What does rainbow ceiling mean?
Rainbow ceiling means synonym of pink ceiling.
What part of speech is rainbow ceiling?
Rainbow ceiling is a noun.

Words near rainbow ceiling in the dictionary

  1. rainbow boxes
  2. rainbow bridge
  3. rainbow cactus
  4. rainbow capitalism
  5. rainbow carrots
  6. rainbow ceiling
  7. rainbow chard
  8. rainbow coalition
  9. rainbow coalitions
  10. rainbow coleslaw
  11. rainbow coleslaws

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