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Troglodyte



The term troglodyte can refer to the following: *In archaeology, troglodyte can mean a member of a primitive tribe of cave-dwelling people (from the Greek_(language) Troglodytai, from ''trogle'', "a hole" and ''dyein'', "to enter"). *Derived from that term, troglodytes are cave-dwelling humanoid monsters in fantasy games such as Dungeons & Dragons (where they look like lizards) and will also appear in related fiction. * More recently Troglodyte is used to describe a technophobia, person; i.e. someone who prefers to hide from the realities of modern life. * Troglodyte may also be an elitism pejorative term to refer to non-elites, or those viewed as being of subordinate or inferior culture and belief.

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