as in barbarian
a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes
a political troglodyte who didn't have a grasp of the concerns of young voters
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Related Stories Fire rages in the forest one night when the village’s de facto guardian Maxim (Willem Dafoe), and his troupe of gun-toting child troglodytes trained in his image, hunt the Ochi (humans blame them for the disappearance of farm animals).
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Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
In a cold open that could have been co-written by a Moms for Liberty chapter, Tulsa King lets its charming troglodyte anti(ish)-hero Dwight Manfredi take a few swings at the state of modern education in the form of the cartoonish progressive day school to which his grandchildren are to be sent.
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Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
13 Oct. 2024
Egalitarian despots: hierarchy steepness, reciprocity and the grooming-trade model in wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes
WIREs Cognitive Science.
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Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
26 Sep. 2024
With respect to the troglodytes out there, climate change is real.
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Paul Rogers,
The Mercury News,
10 July 2024
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Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
In a cold open that could have been co-written by a Moms for Liberty chapter, Tulsa King lets its charming troglodyte anti(ish)-hero Dwight Manfredi take a few swings at the state of modern education in the form of the cartoonish progressive day school to which his grandchildren are to be sent.
—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
13 Oct. 2024
Egalitarian despots: hierarchy steepness, reciprocity and the grooming-trade model in wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes
WIREs Cognitive Science.
—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
26 Sep. 2024
With respect to the troglodytes out there, climate change is real.
—
Paul Rogers,
The Mercury News,
10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troglodyte
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Then, a thousand years after Rome fell to barbarians, Italy brightly lit the paths of the Renaissance for others to follow.
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There are barbarians with battle axes and swords, robots with laser guns, spaceships, a warlock with a skull for a face.
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The ranch is home to a couple of hundred animals, including impalas, Nubian ibexes and an antelope found in Central Africa.
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Even a 1995 review in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition described phytic acid as a natural antioxidant tied to lower colon cancer risk and lower cholesterol in animals.
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There’s a lyric where reporters are wondering why Mullally’s Vera Vim, a fading actress, bought a caveman.
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Throughout the Backrooms, there are several cardboard cutouts of a mysterious caveman, wired to a communication device that broadcasts audio greetings in multiple languages.
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“Troglodyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troglodyte. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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