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 Translation for 'ivory tower' from English to Slovak
NOUN   an ivory tower | ivory towers
slonovinová veža {f} [obr.]ivory tower [fig.]
Partial Matches
slonovina {f}ivory
slonovinový {adj}ivory [attr.]
geogr.
Pobrežie {n} slonoviny
Ivory Coast [coastal area]
geogr.pol.
Republika {f} Pobrežia slonoviny
Republic of Ivory Coast <.ci>
týčiť sa [nedok.]to tower
arch.
veža {f}
tower
arch.nábož.
kostolná veža {f}
church tower
arch.hist.
hradná veža {f}
castle tower
tech.
vežový žeriav {m}
tower crane
priem.
chladiaca veža {f}
cooling tower
voj.
strážna veža {f}
guard tower
arch.turist.
eifelovka {f} [ľud.] [Eiffelova veža]
Eiffel Tower
vežový {adj}tower [attr.]
let.
riadiaca veža {f}
control tower
arch.turist.
Eiffelova veža {f}
Eiffel Tower
arch.
zvonica {f}
bell tower
hodiny
vežové hodiny {pl}
tower clock {sg}
vypínať sa nad n-čím [nedok.]to tower over sth.
čnieť nad n-čím [nedok.]to tower over sth.
telekom.
vysielač {m} mobilnej siete
cell phone tower [Am.]
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Usage Examples English
  • On the 20th of September, 2020, the main building of Makerere University (the Ivory Tower) was severely damaged by fire, allegedly following a probe by Uganda Parliament into financial mismanagement by university authorities.
  • Camille Paglia, author of "Sexual Personae" and public intellectual, denounced Fish as a "totalitarian Tinkerbell," charging him with hypocrisy for lecturing about multiculturalism from the perspective of a tenured professor at the homogeneous and sheltered ivory tower of Duke.
  • Liberation psychology further criticizes traditional psychology for its ivory tower approach to understanding phenomena, following Martín-Baró's call for psychology to turn its attention from its own social and scientific status to the needs and struggles of the popular majority.
  • The reaction in Europe was encouraging and the band toured Germany on a co-headline jaunt with Ivory Tower.
  • On 10 June 2013, during an Ubisoft's press conference it was revealed that Reflections was working with developer Ivory Tower on the racing game "The Crew", which was later released in December 2014.

  • Earlier in 1972 he had published a review in the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" of the book "Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Frontiers of Public and Private Science" by Solly Zuckerman.
  • In 2008 Ivory Tower Pictures produced a television documentary called "Karosta: Life After the USSR" directed by Peter King.
  • His impact has been felt far beyond the Ivory Tower.
  • veryone got it into their heads over the last few years that I was in my ivory tower like Lennon, baking bread all day.
  • The Center matches ivory tower professionals with base of the pyramid and disenfranchised youth, identifying easily obtained opportunities. With ANAPRI, the National Association of International Relations Professionals is mobilizing Congress for more resources for the professionalization of the sector.

  • For Toynbee, early industrial capitalism and the situation of the working class in it was not just a subject of ivory-tower studies; he was actively involved in improving the living conditions of the labourer.
  • Academic insularity is colloquially criticized as being "ivory tower"; when used pejoratively, this term is criticized as anti-intellectualism.
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