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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;
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[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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