ivory towern.

Etymology: translating French tour d'ivoire (see below).

A condition of seclusion or separation from the world; in general, protection or shelter from the harsh realities of life. Also (with hyphen) attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > separation from realities of life

ivory tower1911

1837 Sainte-Beuve Pensées d'Août, à M. Villemain 152 Et Vigny, plus secret, Comme en sa tour d'ivoire, avant midi rentrait.]

1911 C. S. H. Brereton & F. Rothwell tr. H. L. Bergson Laughter iii. 135 Each member [of society] must be ever attentive to his social surroundings..he must avoid shutting himself up in his own peculiar character as a philosopher in his ivory tower.

a1916 H. James Ivory Tower (1917) ii. iii. 142 Doesn't living in an ivory tower just mean the most distinguished retirement?

1922 H. Crane Let. 10 Dec. (1965) 108 I have grown accustomed to an ‘ivory tower’ sort of existence.

1936 E. Pound Let. Jan. (1971) 277 Ivory tower aesthetes.

1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art vi. 120 The tendency was for each artist to construct an ivory tower of his own: to live, that is to say, in a world of his own devising.

1940 H. G. Wells New World Order § 9. 133 We want a Minister of Education who can..electrify and rejuvenate old dons or put them away in ivory towers, and stimulate the younger ones.

1947 J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 46 If [literature] fails in this task it will be reduced to the status of an art pursued for art's sake by isolated groups of writers, segregated from the world in their ivory towers and ‘private worlds’.

1953 G. Vann Water & Fire iii. 50 That ivory-tower æstheticism which averts its gaze from the squalors of humanity.

1963 M. McCarthy Group vi. 120 We called you the Ivory Tower group. Aloof from the battle.

1968 J. J. C. Smart Between Sci. & Philos. 17 It would be unwise to think that philosophy is exclusively a subject for inhabitants of ivory towers.

1972 Science 19 May 769/3 New realities which make it impossible for them to think and perform in such ivory-tower isolation.

Derivatives

ivory-towered adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > separated from realities of life

ivory-towered1959

1959 20th Cent. Nov. 401 British governments..have been badly informed..and Britain's ivory-towered embassies may have to bear some of the blame.

1967 P. Nokes Professional Task in Welfare Pract. vii. 113 When I began teaching at the Prison Staff College..I soon became aware of a well established tradition that what was taught there was ‘ivory-towered’.

ivory-toweredness n.

ΚΠ

1963 Economist 26 Oct. 355/1 Every don..however attached to academic ivory-toweredness.

ivory-towerish adj. somewhat ivory-towered.

ΚΠ

1963 Daily Tel. 12 Oct. 8/7 Pity the poor parson!.. If he eschews all worldly contact, he's accused of being ivory-towerish and out of touch.

ivory-towerism n.

ΚΠ

1945 A. Huxley Let. 2 Apr. (1969) 518 Between ivory-towerism and art for art's sake on the one hand and direct political action on the other lies the alternative of spirtuality.

ivory-towerist n.

ΚΠ

1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom vii. 94 I'm going to plunge you into reality, my little Ivory-Towerist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	ivory tower
释义	ivory towern. Etymology: translating French tour d'ivoire (see below). A condition of seclusion or separation from the world; in general, protection or shelter from the harsh realities of life. Also (with hyphen) attributive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > separation from realities of life ivory tower1911 1837 Sainte-Beuve Pensées d'Août, à M. Villemain 152 Et Vigny, plus secret, Comme en sa tour d'ivoire, avant midi rentrait.] 1911 C. S. H. Brereton & F. Rothwell tr. H. L. Bergson Laughter iii. 135 Each member [of society] must be ever attentive to his social surroundings..he must avoid shutting himself up in his own peculiar character as a philosopher in his ivory tower. a1916 H. James Ivory Tower (1917) ii. iii. 142 Doesn't living in an ivory tower just mean the most distinguished retirement? 1922 H. Crane Let. 10 Dec. (1965) 108 I have grown accustomed to an ‘ivory tower’ sort of existence. 1936 E. Pound Let. Jan. (1971) 277 Ivory tower aesthetes. 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art vi. 120 The tendency was for each artist to construct an ivory tower of his own: to live, that is to say, in a world of his own devising. 1940 H. G. Wells New World Order § 9. 133 We want a Minister of Education who can..electrify and rejuvenate old dons or put them away in ivory towers, and stimulate the younger ones. 1947 J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 46 If [literature] fails in this task it will be reduced to the status of an art pursued for art's sake by isolated groups of writers, segregated from the world in their ivory towers and ‘private worlds’. 1953 G. Vann Water & Fire iii. 50 That ivory-tower æstheticism which averts its gaze from the squalors of humanity. 1963 M. McCarthy Group vi. 120 We called you the Ivory Tower group. Aloof from the battle. 1968 J. J. C. Smart Between Sci. & Philos. 17 It would be unwise to think that philosophy is exclusively a subject for inhabitants of ivory towers. 1972 Science 19 May 769/3 New realities which make it impossible for them to think and perform in such ivory-tower isolation. Derivatives ivory-towered adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > separated from realities of life ivory-towered1959 1959 20th Cent. Nov. 401 British governments..have been badly informed..and Britain's ivory-towered embassies may have to bear some of the blame. 1967 P. Nokes Professional Task in Welfare Pract. vii. 113 When I began teaching at the Prison Staff College..I soon became aware of a well established tradition that what was taught there was ‘ivory-towered’. ivory-toweredness n. ΚΠ 1963 Economist 26 Oct. 355/1 Every don..however attached to academic ivory-toweredness. ivory-towerish adj. somewhat ivory-towered. ΚΠ 1963 Daily Tel. 12 Oct. 8/7 Pity the poor parson!.. If he eschews all worldly contact, he's accused of being ivory-towerish and out of touch. ivory-towerism n. ΚΠ 1945 A. Huxley Let. 2 Apr. (1969) 518 Between ivory-towerism and art for art's sake on the one hand and direct political action on the other lies the alternative of spirtuality. ivory-towerist n. ΚΠ 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom vii. 94 I'm going to plunge you into reality, my little Ivory-Towerist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1911
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