Troglodyte vs. Subhuman — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Troglodyte and Subhuman
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Definitions
Troglodyte
Often Troglodyte A member of a fabulous or prehistoric race of people that lived in caves, dens, or holes.
Subhuman
Below the human race in evolutionary development.
Troglodyte
A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.
Subhuman
Regarded as not being fully human.
Troglodyte
A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use.
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Subhuman
Less than human; lacking characteristics of a human.
To say he is subhuman is to make a grave insult; whether to him or to humanity is the question.
We say dolphin intelligence is subhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin.
Troglodyte
An animal that lives underground, as an ant or a worm. Not in scientific use.
Subhuman
Anything which is less than human.
Troglodyte
A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
Subhuman
Less than human or not worthy of a human being;
Treated natives as subhuman
A subhuman spectacle
The subhuman primates
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Troglodyte
(by extension) Anything that lives underground.
The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes.
Subhuman
Unfit for human beings;
Subhuman conditions of life
Troglodyte
A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish.
Troglodyte
The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
Troglodyte
(computing) A person who chooses not to keep up-to-date with the latest software and hardware.
Troglodyte
One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller, or cave man. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake."
Troglodyte
An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
Troglodyte
The wren.
Troglodyte
One who lives in solitude
Troglodyte
Someone who dwells in a cave
