Definition of ivory-towered
: divorced from reality and practical matters
- an ivory-towered recluse
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First Known Use of ivory-towered
1937
ivory-towered Synonyms
Synonyms
academic (also academical), ivory-tower, ivory-towerish;
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astute, canny, clear-sighted, hardheaded, hard-nosed, knowing, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, tough-minded;
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