IVORY TOWER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place
   Usage Example(s)
   • he lived in the ivory tower of speculation
   • they viewed universities as ivory towers
   Hypernyms(s) ivory tower is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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