What does ivory tower mean?

ivory tower means "a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place".

Is ivory tower a common word?

ivory tower is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Ivory tower — meaning and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place
“he lived in the ivory tower of speculation”
“they viewed universities as ivory towers”
Broadercognitive state

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What does ivory tower mean?: ivory tower means "a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place".
Is ivory tower a common word?: ivory tower is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ivory tower come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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