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ivory towerite

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ivory tower

–noun
1. a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs: the university as an ivory tower.
2. an attitude of aloofness from or disdain or disregard for worldly or practical affairs: his ivory tower of complacency.

Origin:
trans. of F tour d'ivoire, phrase used by C.A. Sainte-Beuve in reference to the isolated life of the poet A. de Vigny (1837)


i⋅vo⋅ry-tow⋅ered, i⋅vo⋅ry-tow⋅er⋅ish, adjective
i⋅vo⋅ry-tow⋅er⋅ism, i⋅vo⋅rytow⋅er⋅ish⋅ness, noun
i⋅vo⋅ry-tow⋅er⋅ist, i⋅vo⋅ry-tow⋅er⋅ite, noun
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