ivory tower

A place or attitude of retreat, remoteness from everyday affairs, as in What does the professor know about student life, living as he does in an ivory tower? This term is a translation of the French tour d'ivoire, which the critic Saint-Beuve used to describe the attitude of poet Alfred de Vigny in 1837. It is used most often in reference to intellectuals and artists who remain complacently aloof.

ivory tower

n. an imaginary location where aloof academics are said to reside and work. Why don’t you come out of your ivory tower and see what the world is really like?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Helmi	HEL-mee (Finnish)	Finnish, Swedish
Titus	TI-tuws (Ancient Roman), TIE-təs (English)	Ancient Roman, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Martino	mahr-TEE-no	Italian
Ioudas	-	Biblical Greek
Medley	['medli]
Surinder	-	Indian (Sikh)