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1. (n.) Luddite
a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) who destroyed industrial machinery in the belief that its use diminished employment.
2. Luddite
any opponent of new technologies or of technological change.
Etymology: (1805–15; after Ned Ludd, 18th-cent. Leicestershire worker who originated the idea; see -ite1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Luddite
any opponent of technological progress
2. (noun) Luddite
one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
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1. (noun) luddite
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
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