0 a person who lives in a cave, especially a person who lived in a cave in prehistoric times (= the period before there were written records): --
He urged the minister not to be slowed down in any way by the reactionary troglodyte forces in all parties who opposed reform.
Most people associate troglodytes with prehistoric times, but troglodyte communities still exist in Tunisia and China.
I speak not as a troglodyte or as a luddite.
I have never had great faith in what might be described as troglodyte technology.
It offers a prospect that at some time men will not be troglodytes working underground doing dangerous work to reinforce the energies of man.
I do not believe that we are troglodytes.
I think they have taken a troglodyte attitude to the fundamental and delicate problems that are facing our society to-day.
Is that not a curious—one might even say, troglodyte—view of the world?
He really is applying the principles of the troglodytes to this proposal.
We have had the doctrine of the troglodytes, but we have not yet had any reasons against doing this thing wisely and carefully.
