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The meaning of IVORY TOWER is an impractical often escapist attitude marked by aloof lack of concern with or interest in practical matters or urgent problems. How to use ivory tower in a sentence.
An ivory tower is a state of privileged seclusion from the practicalities of real life. An ivory tower can be a place where people choose to disconnect from the rest of the world to follow of their own interests, usually mental or esoteric ones.
Ivory tower definition: a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs. See examples of IVORY TOWER used in a sentence.
Ivory tower definition: a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs. See examples of IVORY TOWER used in a sentence.
Definition of ivory tower noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ivory tower in American English. 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.
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Ivory Tower Definition. A condition or place, as academia, regarded as isolated or withdrawn from the practical affairs of society. A place or attitude of retreat, especially preoccupation with lofty, remote, or intellectual considerations rather than practical everyday life.
