Ivory-towered
Ivory-towered adjective - Very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters.
Usage example: an ivory-towered elite that always favors the candidate who is idealistic but unelectable
Ivory-tower and ivory-towered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ivory-tower" instead an adjective phrase "Ivory-towered".
Ivory-tower
Ivory-tower adjective - Very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters.
Usage example: a large public university that needs as its president not some ivory-tower intellectual but a skilled administrator
Ivory-towered and ivory-tower are semantically related. You can use "Ivory-towered" instead an adjective phrase "Ivory-tower".
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Related pairs
- ideal and ivory-towered
- ideal and ivory-tower
- fanciful and ivory-towered
- fanciful and ivory-tower
- romantic and ivory-towered
- romantic and ivory-tower
- intellectual and ivory-towered
- intellectual and ivory-tower
- hypothetical and ivory-towered
- hypothetical and ivory-tower
- theoretical and ivory-towered
- theoretical and ivory-tower
- imaginary and ivory-towered
- imaginary and ivory-tower
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