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Synonyms & Antonyms of ivory-towered
very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters
- an ivory-towered elite that always favors the candidate who is idealistic but unelectable
Synonyms for ivory-towered
- academic
- (also academical),
- ivory-tower,
- ivory-towerish
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The first known use of ivory-towered was in 1937
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