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luddite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun luddite has 2 senses
- luddite(n = noun.person) - any opponent of technological progress; is a kind of adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
- luddite(n = noun.person) - one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment; is a kind of working man, working person, workingman, workman
CIDE DICTIONARY
luddite, n.
One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud , a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
luddite, n. & adj.
--n.
1 hist. a member of any of the bands of English artisans who rioted against mechanization and destroyed machinery (1811-16).
2 a person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology.
--adj. of the Luddites or their beliefs.
--n.
1 hist. a member of any of the bands of English artisans who rioted against mechanization and destroyed machinery (1811-16).
2 a person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology.
--adj. of the Luddites or their beliefs.
Derivative
Luddism n. Ludditism n.
Etymology
perh. f. Ned Lud, who destroyed machinery c. 1779
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