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Luddite
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Lud·dite  (ldt)
n.
1. Any of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment.
2. One who opposes technical or technological change.

[After Ned Ludd, an English laborer who was supposed to have destroyed weaving machinery around 1779.]

Luddism n.

Luddite
Noun
Brit history
1. any of the textile workers opposed to mechanization, who organized machine-breaking between 1811 and 1816
2. any opponent of industrial change or innovation
Adjective
of the Luddites [after Ned Ludd, who destroyed machinery]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Luddite - any opponent of technological progress
adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister, opponent - someone who offers opposition
2.Luddite - one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor


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