English dictionary
Luddite
/'l/@/d/aI/t/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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any opponent of technological progress
Source: WordNet 3.0
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one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>Lud</i>, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.
Source: webster1913