Definitions for ivory-tower

ivory-tower ivory tower

IPA: /ˈtaʊə/

Ivory-Tower is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in ivory-tower (-eioorrtvwy).

Definitions for ivory-tower

noun

  1. a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs:
  2. an attitude of aloofness from or disdain or disregard for worldly or practical affairs:

Origin of ivory-tower

translation of French tour d'ivoire, phrase used by C.A. Sainte-Beuve in reference to the isolated life of the poet A. de Vigny (1837)

Examples for ivory-tower

Convincing the ivory tower decision-makers may take quite an effort if they choose to share TV revenues.

She could never now, with a tranquil heart, go into the ivory tower.

He takes on higher education in his new documentary, ivory tower, which premiered at Sundance.

It is to no mere "ivory tower" of aesthetic superiority that we retreat.

The review in question is “A Tocqueville for Today,” written by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, two ivory tower heavyweights.

Having made this pronouncement, she entered the ivory tower of her deafness and closed the door.

All life has streamed into your soul, and you have lived in the ivory tower.

Our paralysis amidst this paradox is not helped by the way it has taken hold inside the ivory tower itself.

He needs to come down from his ivory tower and listen to people.

The latch was always lifted on the front door of his ivory tower.

Word Value for ivory-tower
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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