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an ivory tower
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a comfortable place, often a university, where people ignore real-life problems
Critical. Also used as an adjective: 'ivory-tower academics'.
In context
Some economists live in an ivory tower and have never run a real business.
The new professor wants to bring research out of the ivory tower and into local schools.
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