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Luddite

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Noun

1. luddite

any opponent of technological progress

2. luddite

one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Luddite

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noun English history
1. 
any of the textile workers opposed to mechanization who rioted and organized machine-breaking between 1811 and 1816
2. 
any opponent of industrial change or innovation
adjective
3. 
of or relating to the Luddites

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Luddite

see synonyms of luddite
noun
1. 
any of a group of workers in England (1811-16) who smashed new labor-saving textile machinery in protest against unemployment and reduced wages
2. 
a person opposed in principle to technological change
a pejorative term
adjective
3. 
of or relating to Luddites

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Luddite

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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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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