Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ivory tower
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Ivory tower
ivory tower
noun Etymology: translation of French tour d'ivoire Date: 1911 1. an impractical often escapist attitude marked by aloof lack of concern with or interest in practical matters or urgent problems 2. a secluded place that affords the means of treating practical issues with an impractical often escapist attitude; especially a place of learning • ivory-tower adjective • ivory-towerish adjective
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(ivory towers) If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life. They don’t really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is. N-COUNT: usu prep N, N n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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