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ivory tower
noun
a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs.
the university as an ivory tower.
an attitude of aloofness from or disdain or disregard for worldly or practical affairs.
his ivory tower of complacency.
ivory tower
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noun
seclusion or remoteness of attitude regarding real problems, everyday life, etc
( as modifier )
ivory-tower aestheticism
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ivory-towered adjective
- ivory-towerish adjective
- ivory-towerism noun
- ivorytowerishness noun
- ivory-towerist noun
- ivory-towerite noun
- ËŒ¾±±¹´Ç°ù²â-ˈ³Ù´Ç·É±ð°ù±ð»å adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of ivory tower1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Is “Homework†about a child who took a remarkably frictionless path, aided by a nation that had invested in civic institutions, from monetary hardship to the ivory tower?
The walls of the ivory tower have been breached, regardless of whether one believes it is the barbarians - or liberators - at the gate.
However, the emphasis is less on any ultimate hookup than on how the distinct pressures of the ivory tower can torment and even destroy its inhabitants.
“An insider would be keeping to his ivory tower and telling other people what they should be doing. Ken Martin is in the trenches with rank-and-file members and average Democrats,†Skoufis said.
The professor in the ivory tower reminds us that words retain meaning.
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