ivory towernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌaɪ.vər.i ˈtaʊər/us/ˌaɪ.vɚ.i ˈtaʊ.ɚ/disapprovingTo live or be in an ivory tower is not to know about or to want to avoid the ordinary and unpleasant things that happen in people's lives:
Academics sitting in ivory towers have no understanding of what is important for ordinary people.
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Aware
- abreast
- acquainted
- alive
- alive to sth idiom
- au fait
- awake
- awakening
- be no stranger to sth idiom
- familiar
- genned up
- have/keep your finger on the pulse idiom
- informed
- insider
- keep sb in the picture idiom
- onto
- privy
- put sb in the picture idiom
- repository
- sad
- sadder but wiser idiom
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