Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of troglodytes; the habit of living in caves. See
troglodyte .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
practice of living incaves orcavelike environments . - noun pejorative The
state orquality of being consideredcourse ,ignorant ,uncultured , orunprogressive .
Etymologies
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troglodyte + -ism
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Examples
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“But are you a stupidist believer in troglodytism?”
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This may seem unsurprising, given the red-meat troglodytism of recent years.
Contrary Brin 2009
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"Phoenician art, which issued, as it would seem, originally from mere troglodytism, was, from the time when it arrived at the need of ornament, essentially an art of imitation.
History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857
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