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ivory tower - translation to dutch
METAPHOR
Ivory-tower; Intellectual elitism; Ivory towers; Ivory Tower; Turris eburnea
![The ivory towers of [[King's College London]]'s [[Maughan Library]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kclssa.jpg?width=200 "The ivory towers of [[King's College London]]'s [[Maughan Library]]")
![An Ivory Tower at [[St. John's College, Cambridge]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St John's College Chapel Court, Cambridge, UK - Diliff.jpg?width=200 "An Ivory Tower at [[St. John's College, Cambridge]]")
![''Hawksmoor Towers'', [[All Souls College, Oxford]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UK-2014-Oxford-All Souls College 03.jpg?width=200 "''Hawksmoor Towers'', [[All Souls College, Oxford]]")
ivory tower
ivoren toren (eenzame plaats)
Pisa tower
![Panoramic view (from left to right) of the [[Campanile]] (Leaning Tower of Pisa), the [[Pisa Cathedral]], and the [[Pisa Baptistry]] in the [[Piazza dei Miracoli]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Italy - Pisa - Cathedral Square.jpg?width=200 "Panoramic view (from left to right) of the [[Campanile]] (Leaning Tower of Pisa), the [[Pisa Cathedral]], and the [[Pisa Baptistry]] in the [[Piazza dei Miracoli]]")
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![Plaque in memory of [[Galileo Galilei]]'s experiments](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plaque galileo.jpg?width=200 "Plaque in memory of [[Galileo Galilei]]'s experiments")
![Cathedral]] (in the middleground), and the Leaning Tower of Pisa (in the background)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pisa Cathedral & Leaning Tower of Pisa.jpg?width=200 "Cathedral]] (in the middleground), and the Leaning Tower of Pisa (in the background)")
![External [[loggia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leaning tower loggiati.jpg?width=200 "External [[loggia]]")
CATHEDRAL BELL TOWER IN PISA, ITALY
Leaning tower of Pisa; Tower of Pisa; Leaning tower of pisa; Leaning Tower of Piza; The Leaning Tower of Pisa; Leaning Tower of Pizza; Torre pendente di Pisa; Pisa tower; Tower of pisa; La Torre di Pisa; Leaning tower of piza; Pisa Tower; The leaning tower of pisa; Torre Pendente; Torre di Pisa
Pisa Toren (een toren in italie die schuin staat)
Leaning Tower of Pisa
CATHEDRAL BELL TOWER IN PISA, ITALY
Leaning tower of Pisa; Tower of Pisa; Leaning tower of pisa; Leaning Tower of Piza; The Leaning Tower of Pisa; Leaning Tower of Pizza; Torre pendente di Pisa; Pisa tower; Tower of pisa; La Torre di Pisa; Leaning tower of piza; Pisa Tower; The leaning tower of pisa; Torre Pendente; Torre di Pisa
de schuine toren van Pisa (een toren in Italië die schuin staat)
Definition
ivory tower
(ivory towers)
If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life.
They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.
N-COUNT: usu prep N, N n [disapproval]
Wikipedia
Ivory tower
An ivory tower is a metaphorical place—or an atmosphere—where people are happily cut off from the rest of the world in favor of their own pursuits, usually mental and esoteric ones. From the 19th century, it has been used to designate an environment of intellectual pursuit disconnected from the practical concerns of everyday life. Most contemporary uses of the term refer to academia or the college and university systems in many countries.
The term originated from the Biblical Song of Songs (7:4) with a different meaning and was later used as an epithet for Mary.
Examples of use of ivory tower
1. The ivory tower brigade has thrown down the gauntlet.
2. Excellence in the ivory tower did not filter through.
3. The CICA people sit in an ivory tower and number–crunch.
4. I do not believe that a researcher can live outside society in an ivory tower.
5. Advertisement "They‘re in their ivory tower, they think they know everything.