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ivory-towerism

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ivory tower

 
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–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)

Related forms:
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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ivory tower

  1. n.
    an imaginary location where aloof academics are said to reside and work. : Why don't you come out of your ivory tower and see what the world is really like?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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