An ivory tower is a state of privileged seclusion from the practicalities of real life. An ivory tower can be a place where people choose to disconnect from the rest of the world to follow of their own interests, usually mental or esoteric ones.

The phrase ivory tower is an idiom used to describe someone disconnected from the real world, often with a few scholarly or rich overtones.

1. a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs: the university as an ivory tower. 2. an attitude of aloofness from or disdain or disregard for worldly or practical affairs.