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IVORY TOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place
Example:
they viewed universities as ivory towers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ivory tower" is a kind of...):
cognitive state; state of mind (the state of a person's cognitive processes)
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