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ivory tower

noun [C]
 
 
disapproving

Definition

To live or be in an ivory tower is not to know about or to want to avoid the ordinary and unpleasant things that happen in people's lives: Academics sitting in ivory towers have no understanding of what is important for ordinary people.AwareSchools in general
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