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ivory tower
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Noun
A place or existence of learning or academia, typically isolationist in nature
A sheltered existence or perspective, typically with respect to academia
A place providing shelter or protection from danger
Adjective
Protected from difficulties or unpleasant realities
Not able, or impractical, to be implemented
Fanciful in nature, not realistic
Separated from reality and practical matters despite being academic
Nitpicky or cerebral to the point of being pompous
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Noun
▲
A place or existence of learning or academia, typically isolationist in nature
academe
academia
hermitage
study
academic world
halls of ivy
intellectual isolation
academic life
university
college circles
university circles
the academy
academic circles
university world
educational realm
educational world
academic realm
scholastic world
academic setting
educational setting
academic affairs
college world
scientific community
savants
the groves of Academe
academicians
scholarly world
academic community
university life
scholars
“The stereotype of the beardy academic, dressed in ill-fitting corduroy and locked away in his
ivory tower
, endures.”
Noun
▲
A sheltered existence or perspective, typically with respect to academia
isolation
seclusion
detachment
insulation
remoteness
retreat
secludedness
separation
solitariness
separateness
solitude
segregation
sequestration
quarantine
retirement
privateness
withdrawal
reclusiveness
reclusion
concealment
confinement
disconnection
closeting
hiding
protection
desolation
partitioning
monkhood
insularity
exile
beleaguerment
keeping apart
seclusiveness
setting apart
shielding
self-sufficiency
privacy
aloneness
loneliness
lonesomeness
peace and quiet
inaccessibility
exclusion
shelter
peace
loneness
secrecy
division
disunion
aloofness
dissociation
purdah
silence
quiet
apartheid
discrimination
partition
peacefulness
quietness
alienation
blockade
unreachability
unapproachability
distance
friendlessness
splitting up
singleness
space
freedom from interference
lack of interruption
lack of disturbance
me time
time alone
one's space
solitary time
alone time
lone time
restriction
desertedness
sanctuary
obscurity
wilderness
wasteland
desert
emptiness
waste
isolating
separatism
confidentiality
personal space
clandestineness
penetralia
discretion
detention
ghettoization
lazaretto
sorting out
lack of friends
lack of companions
cordon sanitaire
solitary confinement
an ivory tower
lack of company
divorce
distancing
severance
break
distinction
split
disengagement
uncoupling
sundering
disseverment
disjunction
out-of-body experience
more ❯
“This was no shrinking violet who wrote his poetry from the lonely vantage of an
ivory tower
.”
Noun
▲
A place providing shelter or protection from danger
asylum
refuge
sanctuary
shelter
haven
retreat
sanctum
hideaway
harbor
US
hideout
harbour
UK
harborage
foxhole
oasis
hole
port
bolt-hole
safe haven
hiding place
safe house
place of safety
port in a storm
safe keeping
den
cover
covert
shield
fastness
resort
querencia
zoar
immunity
stronghold
preserve
ark
escape
home
anchorage
bolthole
succor
US
succour
UK
hide-out
safe place
place of shelter
bolt hole
protection
screen
defence
UK
defense
US
convent
church
hole-up
nest
hermitage
hidey-hole
lair
security
concealment
nook
haunt
hidy-hole
safe harbour
UK
safety
safe harbor
US
sanctum sanctorum
habitat
place of security
stash
housing
place of escape
shade
dwelling
bastion
snuggery
centre
UK
purlieu
domain
center
US
source
cradle
hangout
rendezvous
cloister
joint
pen
aegis
secluded spot
resting place
stamping ground
stomping ground
secret place
snug
shadow
island
safeguarding
dacha
cottage
private room
cabin
adytum
safeguard
cache
lee
hiding
a roof
ward
wall
comfort zone
recess
lodging
roof
accommodation
hotbed
private space
digs
shed
pad
quarterage
crib
dive
territory
accommodations
safe space
favourite spot
patch
bar
local
manor
honky-tonk
living quarters
meeting place
hang-out
focus
nursery
hothouse
seedbed
somewhere to stay
somewhere to live
roof over head
hole in the wall
citadel
redoubt
castle
fortress
fort
fortification
a roof over your head
ashram
watering hole
social place
biosphere
site
habitation
abode
spot
shrine
spiritual retreat
hold
natural home
home ground
breeding ground
prayer retreat
meditation retreat
realm
fount
fountainhead
place of solitude
spa
honeypot
camp
park
tourist trap
tourist centre
holiday centre
place of origin
holiday spot
holiday destination
fat farm
watering place
tourist center
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Protected from difficulties or unpleasant realities
sheltered
comfortable
cushy
privileged
cosy
UK
cozy
US
wrapped in cotton wool
ivory-towered
warm
snug
homely
restful
homey
soft
inviting
homelike
pleasant
cheerful
comfy
mellow
comforting
secure
welcoming
agreeable
snuggly
homestyle
intimate
safe
canny
easeful
relaxed
easy
appealing
down-home
relaxing
hospitable
congenial
friendly
informal
snug as a bug in a rug
familiar
delightful
ergonomic
harmonious
easygoing
reassuring
gemütlich
folksy
soothing
toasty
warming
hot
laid back
enjoyable
laid-back
livable
plush
convenient
satisfying
useful
made well
domestic
homy
downhome
home-like
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not able, or impractical, to be implemented
unworkable
impracticable
impractical
inoperable
nonpractical
unfeasible
unserviceable
unusable
useless
impossible
unachievable
unattainable
abstract
absurd
chimerical
idealistic
illogical
improbable
inapplicable
ineffectual
inefficacious
infeasible
irrealizable
ivory-tower
no-go
nonfunctional
nonviable
otherworldly
quixotic
romantic
speculative
starry-eyed
theoretical
unbusinesslike
unnegotiable
unreal
visionary
wild
won't fly
not a prayer
out of the question
unrealistic
unwise
silly
half-baked
not sensible
unrealizable
unviable
unreasonable
crazy
unpractical
foolish
crackpot
non-viable
far-fetched
ill-considered
ill-thought-out
cock-eyed
utopian
dreamy
idealist
quixotical
starry
optimistic
nonrealistic
dreaming
happy
hoping
head-in-the-clouds
on cloud nine
undoable
insuperable
unsuitable
inconvenient
unobtainable
hopeless
inconceivable
insolvable
insurmountable
unsolvable
unthinkable
unimaginable
preposterous
inaccessible
insoluble
futile
impervious
impassable
inexecutable
not worth considering
no-way
like herding cats
hardly possible
hundred-to-one
too much
way out
contrary to reason
awkward
inappropriate
imprudent
impossible to carry out
implausible
vain
outlandish
forlorn
incredible
risible
irresoluble
outrageous
irresolvable
irrational
paradoxical
farcical
laughable
ridiculous
unbelievable
ludicrous
fanciful
beyond you
not to be thought of
not on
beyond one
not possible
hare-brained
beyond the bounds of possibility
imaginary
perfectionist
extravagant
unworldly
impulsive
fantastical
chivalrous
impetuous
ineffective
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Fanciful in nature, not realistic
idealised
UK
idealized
US
fanciful
unrealistic
delusory
far-fetched
idealistic
illogical
impossible
improbable
irrational
ivory-tower
naive
nonrealistic
non-viable
perfectionist
reachy
romantic
theoretical
unfeasible
unlikely
unreasonable
utopian
impractical
unworkable
impracticable
visionary
quixotic
wild
absurd
silly
unreal
crazy
foolish
unworldly
senseless
potty
nonsensical
gone
blue sky
half-baked
not sensible
not applicable
starry-eyed
quixotical
dreamy
starry
imaginary
idealist
chimerical
illusory
fairy-tale
head-in-the-clouds
out of touch with reality
hopeful
extravagant
ambitious
unbusinesslike
ideal
optimistic
pretentious
fantastic
abstract
ideological
airy
fantasy
unpractical
ivory-towered
lofty
airy-fairy
sentimental
dream
exaggerated
idyllic
high-flown
daydreaming
implausible
preposterous
over-optimistic
whimsical
imaginative
fabulous
hypothetical
inconceivable
fictitious
legendary
unthinkable
unimaginable
out there
Micawberish
Panglossian
in the clouds
with your head in the clouds
unattainable
otherworldly
made-up
unserviceable
useless
subjective
pie-in-the-sky
inoperable
inefficacious
contrary to reason
ineffectual
dreaming
impulsive
fantastical
chivalrous
impetuous
ineffective
hardly possible
challenging
bold
audacious
difficult
hard
grandiose
tough
monumental
demanding
daring
formidable
onerous
exigent
impressive
ballsy
herculean
brash
killer
aggressive
large-scale
difficult to achieve
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Separated from reality and practical matters despite being academic
ivory-towered
academic
academical
ivory-tower
ivory-towerish
theoretical
hypothetical
impractical
notional
ideal
conjectural
vague
suppositious
irrelevant
suppositional
suppositive
useless
unpragmatic
unrealistic
conjectured
putative
theoretic
ideational
philosophical
indefinite
general
abstract
conceptual
speculative
imaginary
unreal
visionary
fictitious
unattainable
romantic
fanciful
fantastic
mythical
fabulous
quixotic
unfeasible
unworkable
fairy-tale
impracticable
unachievable
utopian
imagined
pretend
fantastical
chimerical
invented
imaginal
chimeric
fictional
phantom
fantasied
make-believe
idealized
US
poetic
mythic
phantasmic
made-up
phantasmal
imagal
mercurial
dreamlike
idealised
UK
transcendental
high-flown
mental
extravagant
transcendent
unearthly
out-of-reach
in the clouds
pie-in-the-sky
intellectual
tentative
presumed
postulated
assumed
analytical
formularized
metaphysical
logical
presumptive
formalistic
codified
supposed
presupposed
unsubstantiated
ideological
unproven
unproved
contingent
in theory
pedantic
hypothetic
scientific
untested
unfounded
groundless
conjecturable
suspect
imaginative
instanced
postulatory
unconfirmed
as a premise
in the abstract
doubtful
uncertain
systematic
pure
recondite
debatable
experimental
fundamental
basic
disputable
assumptive
methodical
based on guesswork
diagnostic
analytic
unpractical
intangible
immaterial
intelle
non-practical
nonconcrete
non-technical
blue-sky
reachy
paradigmatic
presumptuous
higher
inferred
alleged
apparent
suspected
surmised
purported
postulational
guessing
unresolved
surmising
guesstimated
figured
reputed
supposititious
likely
problematical
asserted
inferential
on paper
accurate
empirical
meticulous
organized
US
mathematical
organised
UK
factual
thetic
rigorous
deductive
on a hunch
on a long shot
research-based
knowledge-based
deep
esoteric
supernatural
abstruse
profound
oversubtle
incorporeal
questionable
jesuitic
philosophic
numinous
mystical
ontological
indeterminate
contestable
stochastic
concocted
conditional
provisory
proposed
provisional
rough
made up
approximate
projected
conceptive
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Nitpicky or cerebral to the point of being pompous
pedantic
pompous
pretentious
egotistic
ostentatious
stilted
priggish
ivory-tower
didactic
formalistic
literary
donnish
hairsplitting
sententious
academic
schoolish
punctilious
abstruse
scholastic
arid
erudite
overnice
learned
doctrinaire
dry
nit-picking
particular
bookish
formal
pedagogic
dull
fussy
inkhorn
pedantical
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