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      [Noun]  | "ivory tower" 


      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


      Origin: 1894 ;

       Translation of French tour d'ivoire;

      [Adjective]  | "ivory-towerish" 


      1: very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters;


        * e.g., " ... the governor dismissed his critics at the state university as a gaggle of ivory-towerish goo-goos "



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