luddite

Meaning of luddite

noun
  1. a person opposed to new technology or ways of working.
    a small-minded Luddite resisting progress
    I'm not a Luddite, after all I work with the internet for my job
  2. a member of any of the bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs (1811–16).
adjective
  1. opposed to new technology or ways of working.
    this bill is really a Luddite approach to science
    there'll still be plenty of Luddite customers like me who are yet to embrace the future
  2. denoting or relating to the 19th-century Luddites who destroyed machinery that they believed was threatening their jobs.
    the Luddite movement
    the Luddite outbreaks of 1812

early 19th century: perhaps named after Ned Lud, a participant in the destruction of machinery, + -ite1.

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Hyphenation of luddite

lud-dite

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • luddite is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

luddite synonyms

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