disapproval If you talk about the rarefied atmosphere of a place or institution, you are expressing your disapproval of it, because it has a special social or academic status that makes it very different from ordinary life. It is important for the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of the capital
Rarefied air is air that does not contain much oxygen, for example in mountain areas. living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"
{s} esoteric; elite; meant only for the initiated or the select few; very refined; of or pertaining to a select group; exalted, elated, euphoric, in high spirits; of extremely high quality in character or style (Literature); having low density, of lower pressure than usual