Ivory tower
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For other uses, see Ivory Tower (disambiguation).
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.[1] Most contemporary uses of the term refer to academia or the college and university systems in many countries.[2][3]
The term originated from the Biblical Song of Songs (7:4) with a different meaning and was later used as an epithet for Mary.[4]