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i'vory tow'er




1. a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs: the university as an ivory tower.
2. an attitude of aloofness from or disdain or disregard for worldly or practical affairs: his ivory tower of complacency.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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