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ivory-towerist

noun
ivory-tower·ist | \-rə̇st\
variants: or ivory-towerite \-ˌrīt \
plural -s

Definition of ivory-towerist 

: one marked by ivory-towerism ignore the insipidities of the ivory-towerites and try to build a new literature— William Small

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