ivory towers

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Definition of ivory towers in English English dictionary: plural form of ivory tower
ivory tower: A sheltered, overly-academic existence or perspective, implying a disconnection or lack of awareness of reality or practical considerations
Hamilton College is an ivory tower with an open bar, and so I - who work and play equally hard - have come to love this place, and have been dead-set against leaving it.
ivory tower: a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place; "he lived in the ivory tower of speculation"; "they viewed universities as ivory towers
ivory tower: place withdrawn from the troubles and pressures of everyday life, attitude of aloofness
ivory tower: disapproval If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life. They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is. A place or attitude of retreat, especially preoccupation with lofty, remote, or intellectual considerations rather than practical everyday life. a place or situation where you are separated from the difficulties of ordinary life and so are unable to understand them, used especially to describe a college or university

ivory towers

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i·vo·ry towers

ayvri tauırz

/ˈīvrē ˈtouərz/ /ˈaɪvriː ˈtaʊɜrz/

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