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I . ivo·ry ˈtow·er N fig pej form

1. ivory tower (remote place):

ivory tower
slonokoščeni stolp m

II . ivo·ry ˈtow·er ADJ

Usage examples with ivory tower

to live in an ivory tower
živeti v slonokoščenem stolpu

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Fry's reputation was as an ivory tower liberal who believed that art inhabits a self-contained formal space remote from the vulgar world.
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Today, however, that stereotypical ivory tower is an outward looking open-concept room with a welcome mat on the doorstep.
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He brought history out of the ivory tower and into people's lives.
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New platforms are allowing museums to break free of the confines of the academic ivory tower and engage with their communities like never before.
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Academic insularity is colloquially criticized as being ivory tower; when used pejoratively, this term is criticized as anti-intellectualism.
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She is far from being an ivory tower scholar, but has succeeded in making her views accessible to both academic and non-academic audiences.
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That certainly was not the stereotypical image of the aloof university professor in the ivory tower.
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The image of the ivory tower, a colloquial metaphor for academia, sustains the metaphor.
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It's not a bunch of academics in an ivory tower.
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Climate evangelism was for the longest time just an ivory tower issue that only that one sector discussed.
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