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ivory-tower

ivory-tower is the alternative form of ivory tower.

Meaning of ivory tower

Adjective

ivory tower (comparative more ivory tower, superlative most ivory tower)

  1. Separated from reality and practical matters; overly academic.
    • The majority of librarians appear to have shown a very ivory tower approach to the application of all types of management technique to librarianship.1968, New Library World, volumes 69-70, page 8

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Forms of ivory-tower

comparativemore ivory-tower
superlativemost ivory-tower

Questions about ivory-tower

What is ivory-tower the alternative form of?
Ivory-tower is the alternative form of ivory tower.

Words near ivory-tower in the dictionary

  1. ivory-billed woodpecker
  2. ivory-billed woodpeckers
  3. ivory-bills
  4. ivory-pounder
  5. ivory-thumper
  6. ivory-tower
  7. ivory-towered
  8. ivory-towerism
  9. ivory-towerist
  10. ivory-towerists
  11. ivory-white

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