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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 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 reactionary, commonly technophobic, person; i.e. someone who prefers to hide from the realities of modern life.
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